People First Language: Examples to use and to share
written by Kathy Snow
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Labels Not to Use...
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People First Language...
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| the handicapped or the disabled |
people with disabilities |
| the mentally retarded or he's retarded |
people with mental retardation or he has a cognitive impairment |
| my son is autistic |
my son has autism |
| she's a Down's; she's mongoloid |
she has Down Syndrome |
| birth defect |
has a congenital disability |
| epileptic |
a person with epilepsy |
| wheelchair bound or confined to a wheelchair |
uses a wheelchair or a mobility chair or is a wheelchair user |
| she is developmentally delayed |
she has a developmental delay |
| he's crippled; lame |
he has an orthopedic disability |
| she's a dwarf (or midget) |
she has short stature |
| mute |
is nonverbal |
| is learning disabled or LD |
has a learning disability |
| afflicted with, suffers from, victim of |
person who has ... |
| she's emotionally disturbed; she's crazy |
she has an emotional disability |
| normal and/or healthy |
a person without a disability |
| quadriplegic, paraplegic, etc. |
he has quadriplegia, paraplegia, etc. |
| she's in Special Ed |
she receives Special Ed services |
| handicapped parking |
accessible parking |
