- a term used to refer to a person who is partially or totally unable to use one or more limbs.
- a term of identity or self-reference used affirmatively by some people with disabilities, especially in academia and activism.
- disabled (used in self-reference by people with disabilities, especially in academia and activism): I swipe right only on profiles of people who say outright that they are crip.
- noting or relating to people with disabilities and their experiences, in an affirmative way that challenges ableist norms, assumptions, and exclusions: Crip design creates environments that afford use and enjoyment by people with atypical bodies.
- to introduce the lived experience and perspectives of people with disabilities into (something) in order to expose and challenge ableist norms and exclusions:The university has a disabled writers workshop that encourages authors with disabilities to crip their stories, because representation matters! The #CripTheVote movement engages with many issues affecting the disability community.
- to cast a nondisabled actor in the role of a character with a disability, or to play the role of a disabled person when one is not disabled, generally used to convey disapproval of this practice:She directed the first major production of Richard III that stars an actor who doesn’t need to crip up for the role.
