Why the word 'handicapped' has been removed from P.E.I. legislation

The Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (Persons with Disabilities) changes the wording in five major pieces of legislation: the Employment Standards Act, the Engineering Profession Act, the Labour Act, the Mental Health Act and the Public Health Act. 

Hannah's Bill, as it became known, advised government to changing wording from "disabled parking spaces" to "designated accessible parking spaces" and from "persons with physical disabilities" to "persons with mobility impairments". 

Raising awareness MacLellan is now working on a Bachelor of Arts in Human Rights, with a minor in disability studies, at Carleton University and is also putting her lobbying skills to use in Ottawa. Source.