Person-first language was originally promoted to focus on human beings rather than medical conditions. But this now appears as a remnant from an era before disability identity and pride, when disability could only be understood as an insult or shameful. Also person-first language forces people to write in linguistically ways, and shaming people for using identity first language shuts down open conversation and inquiry. Alternating between person-first and identity-first language adds variety and opens the door for more complex thinking around disability.

Such a compliment comes from a place of understanding disability only as a deficit or problem. If people with disabilities faced less stigma, focus might shift to how they found ingenious ways of doing things and having unique perspectives on the world.
P.S. most disabled people don't think of that statement as flattering so it's not the compliment you think it is.

Curing most adverse conditions remains a long ways off, even though there has been considerable fundingd. Yes, improvements such as reducing pain, are essential and welcome as they allow for greater functioning and participation. But cure talk never seems to address non-medical problems like stigma, architectural barriers, and limited financial resources, which many disabled people would very much like to see addressed and find very helpful indeed. Further, a large number of people with disabilities are quite happy with who they are and may not want to be cured. Too often cure is defined without significant input from people with disabilities themselves.

Most disability simulations promote a purely medical understanding of disability as a physical situation rather than one that requires dealing with clueless strangers and other barriers. Plus, they only give a sense of the very first moments of living with a new disability rather than demonstrating the many ingenious ways disabled people accomplish various tasks.

Why not deal with our fellow human beings on their terms whenever possible? Whatever the disability, in general personal medical histories shouldn't be asked of strangers. And talking to the (presumed) non-disabled colleague, as if a disabled person is invisible, is insulting and weird. If it's easy to sit, do that, but why make yourself a martyr by squatting uncomfortably?

For hearing people this can seem counter-intuitive, but remember the interpreter is facilitating communication for someone else, and therefore is not in fact the person speaking. As for "I love you", you wouldn't say that to someone who's hearing that you don't know, so don't sign it to a Deaf person you don't know.

Mental illness is a relative newcomer to the disability tent and has therefore been subjected to less critical scrutiny. Too often gross generalizations that link violence and mental illnesses go unchallenged and thus people with mental illness are highly stigmatized. More stigma means that fewer people disclose their diagnosis even to their closest friends, which in turn reinforces the idea that mental illness is 'exotic' or 'bizzare' rather than a common part of humanity.

Most portrayals of blind people in the media and even in history fixate on the congenital, totally blind person. In reality, the vast majority of blind people lose vision later in life and exist on a complex spectrum that can include people who see only light to those whose eyes can't hold focus. Thanks to accessible mainstream technology, the major challenges to full inclusion are money, prejudice, and clueless developers who don't realize how easy it is create software that's accessible to screen readers.

Some consider autism to be the quintessential disability of the 21st century, which means that people with autism remain little understood or appreciated. Stereotypes abound, from believing it to be an 'all-male' disability to understanding the condition in terms of 'idiot-savants'. People with autism themselves are pushed to the margins to make way for 'neuro-typicals' who speak about and for people with autism, with much greater sums of money being devoted to eliminating the condition than to increasing inclusive awareness and working with people on their own terms. As a reminder, vaccines are not and never have been the cause of autism.

Invisible disabilities are a growing frontier of the disability world, everything from learning disabilities to chemical insensitivities to chronic illness don't yet get the attention and respect accorded to more familiar physical and sensory disabilities. Let us be clear, people with invisible disabilities are not 'fakers'.

The disability rights movement has benefited greatly from allies, including participants from other social justice movements. But given the long history of well-meaning non-disabled people - medical practitioners, teachers, volunteers, etc. - speaking on behalf of disabled ones, it's wise to seek out disabled expertise and honour the rallying cry: "Nothing about us, without us!"