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person-first language: a standalone construct

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Disability studies

wording that names the person before the condition, as in person with a disability, to emphasize personhood.

In disability studies, person-first language refers to wording that names the person before the condition, as in person with a disability, to emphasize personhood. This meaning comes from Dunn (2015) in American Psychologist.[1]

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identity-first language1 fields · 1 citationsanchor · a standalone construct condition2 fields · 2 citationsjingle · one word, two constructs person3 fields · 6 citationsjingle · one word, three constructs

References

Dunn, D. S., & Andrews, E. E. (2015). Person-first and identity-first language: Developing psychologists’ cultural competence using disability language. American Psychologist, 70(3), 255-264. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0038636

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