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
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