Growing up in my Taiwanese American household, I never knew the official Mandarin word for disability. When my family members were upset or were referring to a disabled person, they would say Zhi zhang, 智障, meaning “retarded” or someone with a low intelligence quotient, and they would also use the word Wen-ti, 問題, meaning problem. During family conversations, I would hear others refer to a disabled person as the person with a Wen-ti. I’ve lost most of my Mandarin; I can still understand my parents when they speak it, but I am unable to speak it fluently. Mandarin and English are blended in my family: my mother speaks Mandarin; my…