Vocabulary

Society and Vocabulary
Mobility International USA has some great information on how the words we use with and about people with disabilities matters.
http://www.miusa.org/ncde/tipsheets/respect/

Media dis & dat blog
http://media-dis-n-dat.blogspot.com/2008/08/why-language-about-disability-matters.html

The Connecticut Council on Developmental Disabilities has some very helpful pieces on how to use proper vocabulary and why.
http://ct.gov/ctcdd/cwp/view.asp?a=1998&Q=290626&ctcddNav=%7C