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Parents United Together Disability Etiquette and Person First Language
. To ensure Inclusion, Freedom, and Respect for all, we must use PEOPLE FIRST LANGUAGE Disability is Natural .	Guidelines for Reporting and Writing about People with Disabilities
. Guidelines for positive powerful portrayal from Research and Training Center on Independent Living How to Write - and Talk - about Disability .	A person is not handicapped. A person is not disabled. A person has a disability. Community Gateway
The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and the lightning bug. ~Mark Twain KIDS TOGETHER, Inc. .	A mother's view of a word that wounds: "Retard"
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