Disability: Resources

Below are a few resources for writers and communicators that may be helpful on specific use of language related to disability.

  • The guidebook  was produced by a group of colleges and universities and has specific guidance on use of language on disability.
  • For a substantive list of terminology on language and written style related to disability, see the , though note this is from an American journalistic point-of-view.
  • The blog post  offers a short reading of Margaret Price’s Mad At School focused on terms for “mental disability”.
  • For more on Canadian Press guidelines and principles on disability, see The Canadian Press Style available through the University of ݮƵ library.
  • For campus communicators interested in a fuller understanding of disability, language, and academia, see University of ݮƵ professor Jay Dolmage’s Disability Rhetoric (2014) and Academic Ableism (2017).