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progress, a living document. New words will be added and updates will be made
as we both grow and language changes. If a term is not listed, if you disagree
with how a term is defined or explained, or you have other feedback, please
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Usage and copyright: © 2002, National Center on Disability and
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recent updates. Thank you!
This guide is edited from sources
listed below and input from numerous individuals.
California Governor's Committee
for Employment of Disabled Persons, Language Guide on Disability: A Primer on
how to say what you mean to say. 1994.
Easter Seals, Awareness is the
first step towards Change: Tips for Portraying People with Disabilities in the
Media. Chicago, IL.
Independent Living Resource
Center - San Francisco, Reporting and Writing about Persons with Disabilities.
Johnson, Mary and Susan Elkins,
editors. Reporting on Disability: Approaches and Issues. Avocado Press,
Louisville, KY, 1989.
National Challenge Committee of
the Disabled, Guidelines for reporting and Writing about people with
disabilities, Washington, DC, 1984.
President's Committee on
Employment of people with disabilities, The Disability Messenger: A guide to
disability coverage, Unity 99, 1999.
Presidents Committee on
Employment of People with Disabilities, Communications sub committee - style
guide working group discussions, 2001.
Research and Training Center on
Independent Living for Underserved Populations, Rehabilitation and Independent
Living at the University of Kansas, Guidelines on Language to use when Writing
about Disability. 5th edition, 1996.
Williams, Bruce and The National
Association for Journalists with Disabilities (now defunct), A Glossary of
Terms, early 1990's.
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