Disability Etiquette
Etiquette information about disabilities and relationships.
Pitfalls of Political Correctness: Euphemisms Excoriated
The National Federation of the Blind adopts a policy of opposing euphemisms for blindness.
People-First Language: An Unholy Crusade
"I wonder if the proponents of people-first language believe that putting disabled people first on the printed page accomplishes anything in the real world? Does it alter attitudes, professional or otherwise, about disabilities?"
Basic Etiquette: People with Disabilities
Guidelines from a Handout by United Cerebral Palsy (UCPA)/Access AmeriCorps.
Memphis Center for Independent Living: Disability Etiquette
Guide to interacting with people with different disabilities.
Disability Etiquette Handbook
From the City of San Antonio, Texas.
More General Disability Etiquette
To help you develop comfortable interactions with any person with a disability.
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