Language About People with Disabilities |
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Authors: | ROBERT G. HADLEY MARTIN G. BRODWIN |
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Affiliation: | Rehabilitation Counselor Education Program, California State University, Los Angeles |
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Abstract: | A decade of rehabilitation literature (a) calls attention to imprecise, stereotypical, and devaluing language that is often used to discuss people with disabilities and (b) offers more appropriate alternatives. Because professional counselors sometimes commit these language abuses, and counselors of all specialities can expect to see some clients who have disabilities, this article seeks to bring these issues to the attention of the counseling profession at large. |
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