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Be aware that some people prefer \u201cidentity-first\u201d terminology, while others prefer \u201cperson-first\u201d language. Identity-first:\u00a0<em>a blind man, an autistic woman.\u00a0<\/em>Person-first: <em>Martha, who is blind, credits her guide dog with saving her from harm.<\/em><\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Avoid \u201cdifferently abled.\u201d<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>When needing to specify those without disabilities, preferred terminology includes \u201cnondisabled\u201d or \u201cpeople without disabilities,\u201d rather than \u201cable-bodied.\u201d<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li><strong>deaf \/ Deaf:<\/strong>\u00a0Lowercase to refer to the audiological status of people with total or significant hearing loss:\u00a0<em>deaf, hard of hearing.\u00a0<\/em>Uppercase when referring to the culture and community of deaf people:\u00a0<em>Deaf education, the cultural Deaf community.\u00a0<\/em><\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li><em>See also<\/em>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ncdj.org\/style-guide\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Disability Language Style Guide<\/a>\u00a0(National Center on Disability and Journalism)<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item --><\/ul>\n<!-- \/wp:list -->","acf":[],"taxonomy_info":{"glossary-categories":[{"value":1976,"label":"Writing Style Guide"}]},"featured_image_src_large":false,"author_info":{"display_name":"srands","author_link":"https:\/\/www.episcopalchurch.org\/es\/author\/srands\/"},"comment_info":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.episcopalchurch.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossary\/3491685","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.episcopalchurch.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossary"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.episcopalchurch.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/glossary"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.episcopalchurch.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.episcopalchurch.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossary\/3491685\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3491686,"href":"https:\/\/www.episcopalchurch.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossary\/3491685\/revisions\/3491686"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.episcopalchurch.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3491685"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"glossary-categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.episcopalchurch.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossary-categories?post=3491685"},{"taxonomy":"glossary-tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.episcopalchurch.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossary-tags?post=3491685"},{"taxonomy":"glossary-languages","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.episcopalchurch.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossary-languages?post=3491685"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}