Resources
Let’s Put the Person First, Not the Disability, Kathie Snow, 2013
http://www.disabilityisnatural.com/explore/people-first-language
Guidelines: How to Write and Report About People with Disabilities, and “Your Words, Our Image” (poster), Research & Training Center on Independent Living, University of Kansas, 8th Edition, 2013.
http://www.rtcil.org/products/Portrayal&MediaIssues.shtml
Mental Health Terminology: Words Matter and “Associated Press Style Book on Mental Illness,” American Psychiatric Association, 2013. http://www.psychiatry.org/advocacy-- newsroom/newsroom/reporting-on-mental-illness
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