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Person-First Language
January 23, 2009
Those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.
-George Bernard Shaw
-George Bernard Shaw
"Whenever you and your staff talk about anyone who has a disability, it is important to put the person before the special need. A label or diagnosis describes the disability. It does not tell you what he or she is like, what he or she thinks, or what he or she can do. When you put the person first, you speak of 'the child who has a disability.' This puts the emphasis on the person rather than on the disability.... This is called person-first language."
Exchange has packaged seven of its most popular curriculum resources into a single “Curriculum Tool Kit” and is offering the entire set at a 33% discount — separately these resources would cost $166, but we are offering the entire Tool Kit for only $112. Resources in the kit include…
- Beginnings Workshops Book #4 - Curriculum: Brain Research, Math, Science
- Beginnings Workshops Book #5 - Curriculum: Art, Music, Movement, Drama
- Hearing Everyone’s Voice: Educating Young Children for Peace and a Democratic Community
- Connecting: Friendship in the Lives of Young Children
- More Than Numbers: Mathematical Thinking in the Early Years
- Exchange Articles Collection #3 - Children with Differing Abilities
- Out of the Box Training Kit (printed version): Recognizing the Essentials of Developmentally Appropriate Curriculum
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Comments (2)
Displaying All 2 CommentsUTPAL SHANGHVI SCHOOL
MUMBAI, MAHARASHTRA, India
I would love to visit Belfast as it would be a dream come true with my friend.
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Garden Valley, Ca, United States
Hello, When my son was born, the diagnosis was Down Syndrom for the disability. The Military Hospital doctors were not that familiar with this disorder. When we returned to the US.the TV program, "Dr Kildare" was popular. The episode that had an impact that I remember and use today when ever I meet another person who has a communication difficulty, was that of a husband an wife in the examining room, complaining about their son. Kildare remarded that first of all the son was a person with a disability, and not a person attached to a disability! I have never spoken down to him as this can deprive him of the ability to communicate and he has a remarkable memory for things that the so called"normal" world seems to dismiss as not possible. Any and all opportunities should be given to any child to learn what ever is possible.
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