Handicapped- the transformation of a word

Handicapped was a derogatory word for beggar. The man on the street corner who was holding his "cap" out in his "hand" and asking for money. It was used to identify the disabled because they, too often, were the ones pan handling.
The disabled community worked to get the word changed to disabled because they were not a group of people on a street corner begging for money. The disrespectful origins of the word made it an unwanted label.
Fortunately, for the word, the golf community picked it up. A handicap is how many strokes over par you play a course.
I bring this to you as I have recently seen postings which refer to SH classrooms. SH stands for Severely Handicapped. This is a term that should have been taken out of use years ago. I am concerned that it is being used. If we, as educators, better yet, as Special educators are still using a derogatory word to label the students we have pledged to serve, how will the rest of the people ever change?
Keep it on the greens!