General Writing Guidelines for Technology and People with Disabilities Anna Cavender¹, Shari Trewin , Vicki Hanson ¹ University of Washington, Department of Computer Science and Engineering IBM T. J. Watson Research Center cavender@cs.washington.edu, trewin@us.ibm.com, vlh@acm.org Introduction The recommendations in this article reflect current thinking on language for writing in the academic accessibility community. Certain words or phrases can (intentionally or unintentionally) reflect bias or negative, disparaging, or patronizing attitudes toward people with disabilities and in fact any identifiable group of people. Because language can convey these things, it can influence our impressions, attitudes, and even actions. Choosing language that is neutral, accurate, and represents the preference of the groups to which it refers can convey respect and integrity. Terminology changes over time. Indeed many terms that were acceptable 50 years ago are not generally acceptable now. Perhaps some of the terms we suggest here may be unacceptable for unforeseen reasons 50 or even 5 years from now. The language in use at a given time reflects the attitudes and philosophies of the time. It is important to understand the meanings and backgrounds of the terminology you use to make sure that your writing accurately reflects your own attitudes
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General writing guidelines for technology and people with disabilities
Cavender, Anna; Trewin, Shari; Hanson, Vicki
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Association for Computing Machinery – Sep 1, 2008
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