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Respectful Language as Perceived by People with Disabilities

Published: 17 October 2021 Publication History

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Respectfully and adequately referring to people with various disabilities is difficult due to societal norms and constantly evolving languages. In this work, we address the question of how expert researchers in the field of accessibility are referring to people with disabilities and whether this terminology corresponds to how people with disabilities prefer to be addressed. By conducting a systematic literature review of the past three ASSETS proceeding, we summarize how accessibility researchers are currently referring to people with disabilities in English. A survey of 63 people with disabilities further revealed that while researchers from ASSETS are using terms that are mostly aligned with participants’ expectations, the same terminologies can be perceived both respectful and disrespectful by varying participants. Through this preliminary work, we pave the path for researchers to further explore respectful terminology and encourage researchers to improve the inclusivity and diversity of language use in our community.

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        ASSETS '21: Proceedings of the 23rd International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility
        October 2021
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        ISBN:9781450383066
        DOI:10.1145/3441852
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        • (2022)“What’s going on in Accessibility Research?” Frequencies and Trends of Disability Categories and Research Domains in Publications at ASSETSProceedings of the 24th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility10.1145/3517428.3550359(1-5)Online publication date: 23-Oct-2022
        • (2022)Should I Say “Disabled People” or “People with Disabilities”? Language Preferences of Disabled People Between Identity- and Person-First LanguageProceedings of the 24th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility10.1145/3517428.3544813(1-18)Online publication date: 23-Oct-2022

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