2. 20% of population
One in five families includes a member with a
disability
Growing segment with baby boomers
Business imperative
3.
4. Use person-first language
Terminology to avoid:
Disabled, handicapped, crippled person with
disability/people with disabilities/disability
community
Wheelchair bound/Confined to wheelchair
wheelchair user
Suffers from/Afflicted with
5. Disability is a way of being, not something a
person ‘has’
Story frames to avoid:
Pity, weakness, undesirability, deficiency,
suffering
Charity for people with disabilities
Burden or drain on society
6. Include people with disabilities as sources in
non-disability related stories
How do newsworthy items impact the
disability community?
When describing an individual, do not
reference his or her disability unless it is
clearly pertinent to a story
7. Americans with Disabilities Act (1990)
Civil rights legislation created to address
discrimination on the basis of disability in
employment, public accommodations,
transportation and telecommunications as well as
state and local government services.
8. ABC7 Chicago | Disability Issues with Karen Meyer
9.
10. ADA Anniversary (July)
Disability Employment Awareness Month
(October)
Disability Mentoring Day (3rd Wednesday of
October)
Employment
Standards for accessible buildings
Voting turnout and accessibility
Protection and Advocacy System monitors
complaints
CHAT program for children who can’t
communicate verbally (launches this summer)
11. National Center on Disability and Journalism
http://ncdj.org
Accessible SU
http://www.syr.edu/accessiblesu
Society of Professional Journalists
http://www.spj.org/dtb5.asp
Notas do Editor
-Background of Burton Blatt and SU – ties into expose on institutions
