Person-first Language
Person-first language is a way of talking about disability. When we use person-first language, we put the person first in the sentence, for example, we say ‘people with disabilities’ rather than ‘disabled people’. People who prefer person-first language argue that it helps to avoid dehumanisation by making clear that the person being talked about is a person first and a person with a disability second, and that the disability isn’t the only aspect of who they are.
defined by Lysette Chaproniere
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Lysette Chaproniere
Lysette Chaproniere has a PhD in philosophy from the University of Glasgow. In her thesis, she explored the relationship between disability and human enhancement technology, that is, the sorts of technologies we might use to significantly increase our physical, cognitive and other abilities, or lengthen the human lifespan. After her PhD, she worked as part of a research group that produced a policy paper on the use of virtual reality in education, where she was involved in researching the challenges and opportunities of VR for disabled students.