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Guidelines for Writing about People with Disabilities

9. Describing people without disabilities.

In discussions that include people both with and without disabilities, do not use words that imply negative stereotypes of those with disabilities.

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Don’t Use

People without disabilities

Normal, healthy, able-bodied, whole

She is a child without disabilities

She is a normal child

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