site links
- Home
- Disability Documentation
- Services
- The Access Digest Newsletter
- ODS Staff
- Prospective Students
- Commencement
- Whats Happening?
- ODS Suggestion Box
online services
Share This Page
Appropriate Language
Persons with disabilities prefer that the focus be on their individuality, not their disability, unless of course, it is the topic that is being written or spoken about. The preferred usage “students with disabilities” or “person with a disability,” stresses the group or person first and the disability second.