People First Language

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To achieve Inclusion, Community, and Freedom for people with disabilities, we must use

People First Language A commentary by Kathie Snow

The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lighting and the lightning bug.
Mark Twain
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The beginning of wisdom is to call things by their right names.
- Old Chinese Proverb -
Who are "the handicapped"... the "disabled"?
Society's myths tell us they are:
• people who "suffer" from the "tragedy" of "birth defects"...
• paraplegic "heroes" "struggling" to become "normal"...
• "victims" of diseases "fighting" to regain their lives...
• categorically... "the …show more content…

A person who wears glasses doesn't walk around saying, "I have a problem seeing. "She would say, "I wear (need) glasses." Recognize that a "problem" is really a need.

The real problem is attitudinal barriers.
There have always been people with disabilities in our world and there will always be.
• If educators - and society at large - perceived children with disabilities as individuals who have the potential to learn, who have the need to the same education as their brothers and sisters, and who have a future in the adult world of work, we wouldn't have to fight for inclusive education • If employers - an our society at large - believed adults with disabilities have valuable job skills
(because they received a quality education), we wouldn't have to fight for real jobs for real pay in the real community.
• If business owners - and our society at large - viewed people with disabilities as consumers with money to spend (because they're wage earners), we wouldn't have to fight for accessible entrances and other accommodations. Many people who do not now have a disability will have one in the future
Others will have a family member or friend who acquires a disability. If you acquire a disability in your lifetime, how will you want to be described? How will you want to be treated? Disability issues are issues that affect all Americans!
Using People First Language is a crucial issue.
If people with disabilities are to

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