Person-First and Identity-First Language: Developing Psychologists' Cultural Competence Using Disability Language

The American Psychological Association (APA) advocates the use of person-first language (e.g., people with disabilities) to refer to individuals with disabilities in daily discourse and to reduce bias in psychological writing. Disability culture advocates and disability studies scholars have challen...

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Published in:The American psychologist 2015-04, Vol.70 (3), p.255-264
Main Authors: Dunn, Dana S., Andrews, Erin E.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Advocacy
Communication
Competence
Cultural Competence
Cultural Competency
Cultural Sensitivity
Culture
Developmental psychology
Disabilities
Disability
Disability studies
Disabled Persons
Experimentation
Human
Human dignity
Humans
Identity
Identity Formation
Language
Language disorders
Language usage
Native language
People with disabilities
Professional Competence
Psychological factors
Psychologists
Psychology
Self Concept
Terminology as Topic
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