The Importance of People First Language
People with disabilities are first and foremost people, with dreams, hopes, wishes, and talents far beyond what their disability may indicate. According to The Arc, a national advocacy group for individuals with disabilities, one in every five individuals has a disability. Think about this…you are at the grocery store and a women passes you in a wheelchair, do you make assumptions why she may need the wheelchair? Do you see the woman or her wheelchair? If your child asks you,
