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Disability Language Guidelines
Most Common Things to Remember Cont’d
Disability Vocabulary
Do’s and Don'ts
Affirmative Language Language to Avoid
person with a disability, people with
disabilities, disabled
handicapped, cripple, victim, crip,
unfortunate, defective, handi-capable
wheelchair user, uses a wheelchair wheelchair-bound
blind, low vision, partially sighted blind as a bat, sightless, the blind
mobility disability deformed, maimed, paralytic, lame
psychologically/emotionally disabled,
emotional disorder
the mentally ill, mental, crazy, insane
developmentally disabled retard, mentally defective
birth anomaly, congenital disability birth defect, mongoloid
a person who is deaf or hard of hearing suffers a hearing loss, the deaf
person with epilepsy spastic, epileptic, spaz
speech disability, communication
disability
tongue-tied
non-disabled healthy, normal, whole
non-vocal, a person who is non-verbal mute, dumb
person of short stature midget, dwarf
learning disability slow
chronic illness suffers from, afflicted, as a patient,
stricken with, arthritic
The words ‘disabled’ or ‘handicapped’ are adjectives that are used to describe a
particular condition or environmental barrier. Since people are not conditions,
terms like ‘the disabled’ or ‘the handicapped’ should be avoided. Instead, using
the term, ‘persons with disabilities’ is recommended.
The simple rule of thumb: it’s people first.
The person comes first. The disability comes second.
So a hypothetical news story that opens with,
‘The rights of the disabled became the focal point of a parliamentary committee
today…’
becomes…
‘The rights of persons with disabilities became the focal point of a parliamentary
committee today …’
Similarly, these guidelines suggest avoiding references to persons with disabilities
that patronize, pity, victimize or insult. These include terms such as ‘suffers from’,
‘was stricken with’, ‘is confined to’ or ‘is afflicted with’ that tend to label persons
with disabilities as in pain, ill or having a condition requiring constant medical
assistance.
In fact, this is usually not the case.
Our hypothetical news story that might continue with,
‘The committee heard from three blind witnesses, one confined to a wheelchair
and one suffering from cerebral palsy…’
becomes…
‘The committee heard from three witnesses who are blind, one person who uses a
wheelchair and one person with cerebral palsy…’
Or more simply…
‘The committee heard from a number of persons with disabilities…’
Of course, this illustration of the appropriate use of terminology rests on the
assumption that identifying and referencing individuals and their disabilities is
relevant to the news event.
In many cases, referencing a disability in a news story may not be relevant –
where identifying a disability as a characteristic of a person would have the same
relevance as reporting that a person had dark skin or brown eyes.
The questions that a journalist might ask when writing or reporting a story that
involves a person with a disability are:
* ‘Is the person identified first?’
* ‘Does the story allow for inclusion of the person into society, or does it
somehow separate the person from the rest of society?’
* ‘Is including a reference to the person’s disability relevant to the story?’
At the same time, not all disabilities are visible. There is a vast array of invisible
disabilities as well, whether mental health disabilities, intellectual disabilities or
learning disabilities.
The same rules of thumb apply:
‘The learning disabled and mentally ill also appeared before the committee to state
their concerns…’
becomes…
‘People with learning disabilities and mental health disabilities also appeared
before the committee to state their concerns…’
As a substitute for ‘persons’ with disabilities – which is the commonly accepted
generalized term – ‘people’ with disabilities or ‘individuals’ with disabilities can
also be used. In the case of a story or news feature about specific occupations,
skills or other identifier, then using a more specific term or personal reference is
also encouraged, e.g. ‘employees’ with disabilities, ‘athletes’ with disabilities, etc.
But in every case, it’s…People first.

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Disab language guidelines-1

  • 1. Disability Language Guidelines Most Common Things to Remember Cont’d Disability Vocabulary Do’s and Don'ts Affirmative Language Language to Avoid person with a disability, people with disabilities, disabled handicapped, cripple, victim, crip, unfortunate, defective, handi-capable wheelchair user, uses a wheelchair wheelchair-bound blind, low vision, partially sighted blind as a bat, sightless, the blind mobility disability deformed, maimed, paralytic, lame psychologically/emotionally disabled, emotional disorder the mentally ill, mental, crazy, insane developmentally disabled retard, mentally defective birth anomaly, congenital disability birth defect, mongoloid a person who is deaf or hard of hearing suffers a hearing loss, the deaf person with epilepsy spastic, epileptic, spaz speech disability, communication disability tongue-tied non-disabled healthy, normal, whole non-vocal, a person who is non-verbal mute, dumb person of short stature midget, dwarf learning disability slow chronic illness suffers from, afflicted, as a patient, stricken with, arthritic The words ‘disabled’ or ‘handicapped’ are adjectives that are used to describe a particular condition or environmental barrier. Since people are not conditions, terms like ‘the disabled’ or ‘the handicapped’ should be avoided. Instead, using the term, ‘persons with disabilities’ is recommended. The simple rule of thumb: it’s people first. The person comes first. The disability comes second. So a hypothetical news story that opens with,
  • 2. ‘The rights of the disabled became the focal point of a parliamentary committee today…’ becomes… ‘The rights of persons with disabilities became the focal point of a parliamentary committee today …’ Similarly, these guidelines suggest avoiding references to persons with disabilities that patronize, pity, victimize or insult. These include terms such as ‘suffers from’, ‘was stricken with’, ‘is confined to’ or ‘is afflicted with’ that tend to label persons with disabilities as in pain, ill or having a condition requiring constant medical assistance. In fact, this is usually not the case. Our hypothetical news story that might continue with, ‘The committee heard from three blind witnesses, one confined to a wheelchair and one suffering from cerebral palsy…’ becomes… ‘The committee heard from three witnesses who are blind, one person who uses a wheelchair and one person with cerebral palsy…’ Or more simply… ‘The committee heard from a number of persons with disabilities…’ Of course, this illustration of the appropriate use of terminology rests on the assumption that identifying and referencing individuals and their disabilities is relevant to the news event. In many cases, referencing a disability in a news story may not be relevant – where identifying a disability as a characteristic of a person would have the same relevance as reporting that a person had dark skin or brown eyes. The questions that a journalist might ask when writing or reporting a story that involves a person with a disability are: * ‘Is the person identified first?’ * ‘Does the story allow for inclusion of the person into society, or does it somehow separate the person from the rest of society?’ * ‘Is including a reference to the person’s disability relevant to the story?’
  • 3. At the same time, not all disabilities are visible. There is a vast array of invisible disabilities as well, whether mental health disabilities, intellectual disabilities or learning disabilities. The same rules of thumb apply: ‘The learning disabled and mentally ill also appeared before the committee to state their concerns…’ becomes… ‘People with learning disabilities and mental health disabilities also appeared before the committee to state their concerns…’ As a substitute for ‘persons’ with disabilities – which is the commonly accepted generalized term – ‘people’ with disabilities or ‘individuals’ with disabilities can also be used. In the case of a story or news feature about specific occupations, skills or other identifier, then using a more specific term or personal reference is also encouraged, e.g. ‘employees’ with disabilities, ‘athletes’ with disabilities, etc. But in every case, it’s…People first.