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People with developmental disabilities generally prefer that wording rather than "developmentally disabled." It does depend on the specific community, for example autistic folks prefer "autistic" over "person with autism." While autism is a developmental disability, the community has an individual preference. However for developmental disabilities as a whole, the best recommendation is to use the term "people with developmental disabilities."
Additionally, this sentence is unrelated to the subject of the article: "In the 1950s and 1960s, there had been mass closures of psychiatric hospitals in California which left many patients deinstitutionalized, unhoused, or imprisoned." People with developmental disabilities were imprisoned in separate institutions or separate branches at these institutions, and the deinstitutionalization movement did not start for people with developmental disabilities until later. There weren't mass closures of public institutions for people with developmental disabilities in the 1950s and 1960s, in fact only one institution closed in CA during that 20 year span. You can see the list of facilities and closure dates here. I understand that that claim is from the NY Times article, but that NY Times article conflates the two deinstitutionalization movements. It is possible that that the deinstitutionalization movement was part of the Katz' motivations for starting the nonprofit, but it didn't open until 1983 and should be reported as distinct. Catchant (talk) 01:05, 19 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
