Person-First Language

01/23/2009

Those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.
George Bernard Shaw

In the recent second edition to The ABCs of the ADA: Your Early Childhood Program's Guide to the American's with Disabilities Act (Baltimore: Paul E. Brookes Publishing Company, 2009), Karen Wood and Victoria Youcha provide this advice...

"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."

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Connecting: Friendship in the Lives of Young Children
More Than Numbers: Mathematical Thinking in the Early Years
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