- From: by way of Harvey Bingham <CBoyer@RESNA.ORG>
- Date: Mon, 14 May 2001 18:08:05 -0400
- To: <w3c-wai-eo@w3.org>
I believe the immediately following reference, from the U.S. Department of Labor, deserves to be among WAI resources. Regards/Harvey Bingham ---- Ellen: You are so right on!! Language is so very important. And for those on this list who may need a short-and-sweet language guide to disability etiquette, please check out: http://www50.pcepd.gov/pcepd/pubs/fact/comucate.htm Carol Boyer Project Associate RESNA Technical Assistance Project 1700 N. Moore Street, Suite 1540 Arlington, VA 22209 703/524-6686, x- 309 (V) 703/524-6639 (TTY) 703/524-6630 (Fax) cboyer@resna.org http://www.resna.org/taproject -----Original Message----- From: Ellen Perlow [mailto:EPerlow@TWU.EDU] Sent: Friday, May 11, 2001 4:01 PM To: AXSLIB-L@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU Subject: We are PEOPLE FIRST! Dear Accessibility Advocates: Re: Jeffrey Sutton's nomination To reiterate a message I have posted before: As long as we are "THE DISABLED" = by dictionary definition non-functioning inanimate objects, we can kiss goodbye any civil [=people] rights. If we ever become perceived as PEOPLE, PEOPLE First, there might be a glimmer of hope in being granted a civil [people] right or two. We advocates and people who self-identify as people with differabilities may fully understand and appreciate that people who do things differently are people who do achieve and accomplish "like everyone else." Please do not assume that everyone else knows what we know [they don't]. Change the Language. Change the Perception. Positive Language--People FIRST Language (preferably without "dis" and other negative terminology) Sells and Wins. Every Time. Ellen Perlow Chair, ALA ASCLA Century Scholarship Committee The ALA ASCLA Century Scholarship Diversity Initiative "Celebrating a New Century that Celebrates Diversity" http://www.ala.org/ascla/centuryscholarship.html Have YOU recruited/applied to be a Century Scholarship applicant today? ---------------------------------------------------- Manager of Information Services School of Library and Information Studies Texas Woman's University P.O. Box 425438 Denton, TX 76204-5438 Tel.: 940-898-2622 Fax: 940-898-2611 Web: http://twu.edu/~s_perlow/ E-Mail: eperlow@twu.edu
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