A description and link to an article by Cara Liebowitz on identity first and people first language has been viewed on this site hundreds of times (find the link here). She recently wrote a follow-up article on the views of ableist views of some individuals with physical disabilities. Below is. a summary and link to that article.
Some physically disabled people say things like “our minds are fine, it’s just our bodies” to distance themselves from cognitively disabled people. Liebowitz — who has cerebral palsy and admits she once thought this way herself — argues this phrase is actually harmful, and explains four reasons why. Rather than proving worth through intelligence, Liebowitz calls for a shift to assuming every person is valuable by default — moving from “our minds are fine” to “all minds are fine.“ Read the complete article here.