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Disability etiquette
Knowing about disability
etiquette is important. Today
more people with disabilities are
active participants in community
life. When you speak about people
with disabilities, you can say the
person first, not the disability.
Instead of saying “the disabled,”
say “people with disabilities.”
When you put the word “people”
first, you emphasize the person
instead of the disability. The
disability is only one aspect of a
whole person. (People First Guide
to Understanding Developmental
Disabilities available through the
NC Council on Developmental
Disabilities, www.nccdd.org.)
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