There has been so much advocacy for person first language and yet we still read about the “disabled children” instead of children who have a disability?
My friend Jane’s biggest pet peeve is the term “handicapped” and she cringes when people say “handicapped parking space”. The term, I believe is accessible parking space, is it not?
The media is a huge culprit for not using person first language, but I have also heard the faux pas from professionals and parents too. In their own defence, people will say that they mean no harm or disrespect, and they ask “are the words we use really that important?”
So I will ask you the same question. Are the words we use really that important?
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