Idea for new device or technology for people with special needs/children with disabilities
curious_girl
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For the parents/siblings of a physical and/or mentally handicapped person, or as a person that has disabilities and/or is a part of the spectrum do you need a new device that will help you and make your life easier in some way and what kind of device should that be?
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I have physical disabilities, my daughter has ASD and a learning disability. We are definitely not "handicapped." I'm sorry but that's such a horrible word to use and is mostly not heard of these days. "disabled" is a much better word. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/inclusive-communication/inclusive-language-words-to-use-and-avoid-when-writing-about-disability
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poppy123456 said:I have physical disabilities, my daughter has ASD and a learning disability. We are definitely not "handicapped." I'm sorry but that's such a horrible word to use and is mostly not heard of these days. "disabled" is a much better word. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/inclusive-communication/inclusive-language-words-to-use-and-avoid-when-writing-about-disability0
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Thank you for coming back to explain and i'm sorry if i sounded rude, that wasn't my intention. Also welcome to the community.
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Hello @curious_girl and welcome to the community, and thank you for taking on board the information Poppy has shared around language and disability
You might also like to have a look at Scope's page on the Social Model of Disability, which is a way of viewing the world, developed by disabled people.
Out of interest, you've mentioned your team wanting to help, can you explain a little more about who you are, and what you do?0 -
Alex_Scope said:Hello @curious_girl and welcome to the community, and thank you for taking on board the information Poppy has shared around language and disability
You might also like to have a look at Scope's page on the Social Model of Disability, which is a way of viewing the world, developed by disabled people.
Out of interest, you've mentioned your team wanting to help, can you explain a little more about who you are, and what you do?0 -
poppy123456 said:Thank you for coming back to explain and i'm sorry if i sounded rude, that wasn't my intention. Also welcome to the community.0
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