Handicapping Language: A Guide for Journalists and the Public.

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ERIC Number: EJ477716

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1994

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Handicapping Language: A Guide for Journalists and the Public.

Remedial and Special Education (RASE), v15 n1 p60-62 Jan 1994

Guidelines are offered for using appropriate terminology to describe individuals with disabilities and for interacting with people with disabilities. A list of outdated expressions and recommended alternatives is provided. Specific suggestions are presented for interacting with people with speech impairments, deafness, visual impairments, physical disabilities, and cognitive disabilities. (JDD)

Descriptors: Disabilities, Guidelines, Individual Characteristics, Interaction, Interpersonal Communication, Language Usage, Vocabulary, Writing for Publication

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Audience: Community

Language: English

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