{"id":270,"date":"2016-12-01T20:20:05","date_gmt":"2016-12-01T20:20:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/ama\/?page_id=270"},"modified":"2016-12-01T20:20:05","modified_gmt":"2016-12-01T20:20:05","slug":"words-with-dignity","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/ama\/tools-resources\/tips\/words-with-dignity\/","title":{"rendered":"Words with Dignity"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class='post-270 float'><p>Courtesy of the Disabilities Issues Office. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.accessibilitymb.ca\/pdf\/words_with_dignity.pdf\">Also available in PDF format<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/aside><p>Language is powerful. Use respectful terms when referencing persons with disabilities.<\/p>\n<p>If in doubt, ask.<\/p>\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>USE&#8230;<\/th>\n<th>INSTEAD OF&#8230;<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>person with diabetes, arthritis, etc.<\/td>\n<td>afflicted with, suffers from<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>person with a disability<\/td>\n<td>the disabled, the handicapped<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>person with a mental illness, person with a mental health issue<\/td>\n<td>mentally ill, insane, crazy, psychotic<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>person who is hard of hearing, person who is Deaf<\/td>\n<td>the Deaf<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>person who is Deaf-Blind<\/td>\n<td>Deaf and dumb, Deaf mute<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>person with Downs Syndrome, person with an intellectual disability, person with a developmental disability<\/td>\n<td>Downs,imbecile, mentally retarded, mentally challenged<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>person who is blind, person who is visually impaired<\/td>\n<td>the blind<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>person who stutters, person with a communication disability<\/td>\n<td>stutterer, speech handicapped<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>person with a mobility disability, person with a spinal cord injury<\/td>\n<td>physically challenged, crippled<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>person who uses a wheelchair<\/td>\n<td>confined to a wheelchair, wheelchair bound<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>accessible parking, accessible washrooms<\/td>\n<td>handicapped parking, handicapped washrooms<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>person without a disability<\/td>\n<td>normal<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Provided by:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Disabilities Issues Office<\/strong><br \/>\n630 &#8211; 240 Graham Avenue<br \/>\nWinnipeg MB R3C 0J7<br \/>\nPhone: 204-945-7613<br \/>\nFax: 204-948-2896<br \/>\nE-mail: <a href=\"&#x6d;&#97;i&#x6c;&#116;o&#x3a;&#x64;&#105;&#x6f;&#x40;&#103;o&#x76;&#46;m&#x62;&#x2e;&#99;&#x61;\">&#x64;&#x69;&#x6f;&#x40;&#x67;&#x6f;&#x76;&#x2e;&#x6d;&#x62;&#x2e;&#99;&#97;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For more information visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.accessibilitymb.ca\">AccessibilityMB.ca<\/a><br \/>\nJoin the #AccessibleMB conversation on Twitter &amp; Facebook.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Courtesy of the Disabilities Issues Office. Also available in PDF format. Language is powerful. Use respectful terms when referencing persons with disabilities. If in doubt, ask. USE&#8230; INSTEAD OF&#8230; person with diabetes, arthritis, etc. afflicted with, suffers from person with a disability the disabled, the handicapped person with a mental illness, person with a mental [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":0,"parent":266,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-270","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/ama\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/270","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/ama\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/ama\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/ama\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/ama\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=270"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/ama\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/270\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/ama\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/266"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/ama\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=270"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}