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Why I Use and Advocate for Identity-First Language

You have probably noticed in posts throughout my Love Disabled Life blog that I often write "disabled people" rather than "people with disabilities." This is known as "identity-first" language and not "person-first" language. Identity-first language embraces disability as the identity of who a person is. The same as a person would do if they were referring to themselves racially or ethnically.

Disability IdentityJody YarboroughMarch 3, 2016disabled and proud, first-person language, person-first language, person-first language disability, identity-first language, disability labels, disability cultureComment

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