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Hello Janice Apologies as I can't signpost you to the article you reference. However I would be very interested in your report/training session. We work in the world of football and other sports (promoting equal access for sports fans) and promoting socially inclusive language across the 'sporting family' is an on-going challenge. To date, we have provided some basic guidance but I have personally found this an area that can open a can-of-worms. Many folk still use terms such as wheelchair-bound, 'the disabled' and handicapped as quick examples. Our works aim to promote a socially inclusive approach with barriers removed. I know that there are many views on this subject but I find outdated medical style language to usually be unhelpful when considering disabled people as equals and therefore something we are trying to change. Please do let me know your finding and outcomes; that would be much appreciated in our better understanding of this area. Many thanks Joyce Joyce Cook, OBE Managing Director CAFE - Centre for Access to Football in Europe Total Football Total Access www.cafefootball.eu Registered Charity No. 1131339 PO Box 145, FLINT, CH6 9DH, UK This email and its contents, together with any attachments, is confidential to the sender and the intended recipient(s). If you receive this email in error please advise us by replying to the sender of this email. Please also delete and destroy this email, together with any attachments and any copies from your system immediately. Any unauthorised storage, use, disclosure, copying, distribution or dissemination of this email or any part of it is strictly prohibited and may be illegal. CAFE does not act in any legal capacity or as registered access consultants, and makes no representation and gives no warranty as to the accurateness or suitability of any advice contained within this email. The views expressed in this email are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of CAFE. CAFE makes no representation and gives no warranty as to absence of viruses in relation to this email or its attachments. We recommend that you scan this email and attachments for viruses. -----Original Message----- From: The Disability-Research Discussion List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Janice Ollerton Sent: 17 January 2012 04:40 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: teaching others about re-framing their language Some time back (possibly 2011) someone posted a comment about teaching students (possibly education students) to consider reframing their language and made reference to examples included in a book that they had written. From memory the example given was of a newspaper article about school students visiting a department store. The newspaper article made deliberate and unncessary reference to special ed. students negotiating the aisles in wheelchairs and very clearly prioritised the students' disabilities rather than focusing on the excussion, which was the point of the article. The article was then presented using different language and simply told the story of the students' educationa lvisit to a department store. Does anyone remember what book this was and who wrote it? Perhaps even who wrote the original email so that I can chase it up with them? I am writing a very short training session about ablelism and disablist language and thought that the book would be a helpful reference. thanks Janice ________________End of message________________ This Disability-Research Discussion list is managed by the Centre for Disability Studies at the University of Leeds (www.leeds.ac.uk/disability-studies). Enquiries about list administration should be sent to [log in to unmask] Archives and tools are located at: www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/disability-research.html You can VIEW, POST, JOIN and LEAVE the list by logging in to this web page. ++++ Message Scanning REF:531-avs2-1326775831 ++++ ________________End of message________________ This Disability-Research Discussion list is managed by the Centre for Disability Studies at the University of Leeds (www.leeds.ac.uk/disability-studies). Enquiries about list administration should be sent to [log in to unmask] Archives and tools are located at: www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/disability-research.html You can VIEW, POST, JOIN and LEAVE the list by logging in to this web page.