The Language of Disability

The person, not their condition

Its influence on perceptions

Identity-first language vs Person-first language

<p>Provide news, information, education, and entertainment</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>With the push or tap of a button</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To identify individuals by their personhood rather than their disability</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Anyone who doesn't have a disability and professionals speaking about people with disabilities</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The disability as a strong part of the individual's identity</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It is important to be respectful of the discipline and the person</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>People with disabilities</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>They might refer to them as 'clients'</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Special education students</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>People-first language</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The idea that the person is not identified by their disability</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The discipline and the person</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Language has a significant influence on philosophical and political conditioning</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Negative language inflicts the subconscious of most people from early childhood</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Emphasizing the individual's experiences and preferences</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An awareness of the power of words to condition attitudes</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Language constructs notions of the lived experience of disability</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Language is an instrument and an environment</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Disciplines develop their own language to reflect their practice and context</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Language is difficult to navigate; no one wants to say the wrong thing</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The extent to which language conditions attitudes and prejudices</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The power of words to ennoble or condemn, augment or detract, glorify or demean</p> Signup and view all the answers