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I wholeheartedly agree. Sometimes I feel overwhelmed, like every day a new word I use is considered offensive, but I try to remember that it's all coming from the desire to be more mindful of the people around us, and in the end it's not too hard for me to find - or even just make - another word to convey what I need.
Exactly, it might take us some minor adjusting (sometimes even because of our disability, like for example with poor memory or a learning disability that makes it hard to adjust to new patterns), but if it makes people around us feel safer and more included (E: excluding bigots, always excluding bigots, with accordance to the tolerance paradox/social contract!), it's 100% worth it, without any question.
People who consciously refuse to take such minor consideration of those around them are just broadcasting their intolerance.