{"id":16957,"date":"2021-06-04T17:26:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-04T17:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/?p=16957"},"modified":"2021-06-04T22:33:05","modified_gmt":"2021-06-04T22:33:05","slug":"disability-language-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2021\/disability-language-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"Anabaptist Disabilities Network creates Disability Language Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p><em>By Jeanne Davies and Hannah Thompson<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Anabaptist Disabilities Network announces the creation of a Disability Language Guide. This guide is meant to help us all carefully consider the language that we choose when writing and speaking about disability and people with disabilities. We hope you find it useful and share it with others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The mission of the Anabaptist Disabilities Network (ADN) is to connect and support people who have disabilities, families, and faith communities to create a culture of belonging for everybody. Our vision: \u201cFaith communities are transformed when individuals with disabilities and their God-given gifts and experiences enjoy full inclusion in the Body of Christ.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Find the Disability Language Guide at <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/ADNLanguageGuide\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/ADNLanguageGuide<\/a>. 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