Tuesday, November 27, 2012

Child / Person first language




You’ve probably heard these words: impaired, handicapped, retarded, suffers from ___, crippled, etc. We want everyone to remember that children or adults with disabilities are like everyone else—except they happen to have a disability.

How have you learned to handle comments that degrade persons with disabilities? What do you say in response?

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