Disability Awareness

Disability Awareness

Using derogatory terms or slurs related to a person's disability.

Referring to someone by their name rather than their disability.

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Asking if someone needs help and respecting their response.

Acceptable

Unacceptable

Pushing a person's wheelchair without asking for permission.

Assuming that a person with a disability cannot do something without asking them first.

Speaking directly to the person with a disability rather than to their companion or interpreter.

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Ensuring that events and locations are accessible to everyone, including people with disabilities.

Making jokes or comments about someone’s disability.

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Using inclusive language, such as "person with a disability" instead of "disabled person."

Unacceptable

Acceptable

Inviting someone with a disability to participate in an activity without assuming they can’t or won’t want to.

Touching or leaning on someone's assistive device, such as a wheelchair or cane, without permission.

Talking louder or slower to a person with a disability without knowing if it is necessary.

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Asking personal questions about someone's disability that are not relevant to the conversation.

Treating adults with disabilities as if they are children.

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Acknowledging and celebrating the achievements of people with disabilities in the same way as you would for anyone else.

Acceptable

Unacceptable

Assuming someone with a disability always needs or wants help.

Providing information in various formats, such as braille, large print, or audio, to accommodate different needs.

Interrupting or finishing sentences for someone with a speech disability.