What language do people with 'not too much English' use to talk about disability, feelings, attitudes and behaviour?   English words used by participants at an EU Youth project, during an activity on disability awareness have been grouped as Adjectives, Nouns and Verbs, with Others, and Phrases also. 

 Adjectives: bad, dependent, different, equal, good, hopeful, important, independent, perfect, real, responsible, right, safe, strong, wrong (bad, not bad; good for me…, stronger, more/less)

Nouns: action, assumption, chance, choice, difference, feelings, help, hope, idea, leader, mistake, opinion, partner, people, person, problem, reality, right (to do sthg), thing, time, value, way, words

Verbs: act, ask, assume, behave, believe, choose, decide, do, encourage, feel, find, hear, help, include, know, learn, listen, look, make, need, protect, see, talk, tell, think, try, value, want, worry (I can/can’t V1,  Don’t V1)

Other: like you/me, here, there, sometimes, always, never, someone/body, everything, nothing, something, somewhere (everywhere, nowhere), together

Some of the full sentences they used are:  

I feel… I know what is good for me I can stand up for myself / I can do more than you think/ I can ask for your help if I need it I have a right to decide I can…like you I'm stronger than you think. I can do many things;

Let me make my own mistakes Let me find my own way Let me try/ choose/ talk/ decide

Let's do things together.

If I have a problem I can ask

 Everyone can be wrong sometimes.

Imperatives: Tell me what you can do  Believe I can… Decide for yourself, not for me Give me a chance/ choice/... See my value/ what I can do/    Be responsible for your acts / what you do Value what I can do/ who I am/ what I know/ Ask me what I think/ how I feel/ … Ask me – listen to me – hear me/ my words/ my ideas/ my feelings