Author response: Disability in adults with arthrogryposis is severe, partly invisible, and varies by genotype

In their comment on our article,¹ Drs. Sawatzky and Hall discuss how to positively or negatively describe a handicap, in terms of either ability or disability, and how to inform patients. We refer to the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health,² edited with the aim to provide a unified and standard language for describing health and health-related states. Medical writing is also subject to international recommendations to ensure clear, ethical, and unbiased reporting of scientific findings,³ and this is also true for rare diseases. We followed these recommendations and reject any allegation of a negative attitude in our article.¹

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