Talk:People-first language

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[edit] Incorrect examples?

Some of the existing examples have other edits beyond people-first usage, and may be muddying the waters as a result. Replacing "retardation" with "developmental disability" is not people-first usage, and changing "confined to a wheelchair" to "uses a wheelchair" is preferable for reasons of simple logic as well: it's shorter and more accurate, as very few wheelchair users are actually "confined". As these usages are covered elsewhere, these examples should probably be edited or deleted.

Also, the last paragraph seems a bit prejudiced. I'd like to see some positive information presented as balance for the criticism.

Feyandstrange 08:38, 6 July 2007 (UTC)

Curious use of "the blind" in an article on people-first language. The bias of the article is very apparent.

There is another article entitled "Person-first terminology" addressing similar concepts. Perhaps this ought to be merged? 67.82.236.239 03:12, 24 September 2007 (UTC)

Where did the examples in the chart come from anyway? I agree, this article needs some things removed or changed. 98.200.253.150 (talk) 17:36, 10 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] "typical" not People First?

The Texas Council for Developmental Disabilities lists "typical kids" as an example of People First Language, and I can't find a source that disagrees except our article. Anyone against removing it from the "conventional usage" column here? --Allen (talk) 02:36, 19 February 2008 (UTC)