Sunday, May 8, 2011

Widely Accepted Terms Related to Disability

I found this wonderful resource while reading about "Misconceptions About People with Hearing Loss", which inspired a recent blog post. I think I will print it and bring it to work.


DEAL: Glossary of Preferred Terms


As human beings, we will all make mistakes. Recently, I wrote about how I  used the term "hearing impaired". Now, however, I know the preferred term is "deaf" or "hard of hearing." Although, if a person described herself as "hearing impaired", then I would use that term, as clearly it is a term they accept and use themselves. 

I know this list relates primarily to performers and the arts, so it is not necessarily meant to be a comprehensive list for health care professionals, but I was surprised to see no entry related to people who stutter.

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