On “Person-First Language”: It’s Time to Actually Put the Person First

On “Person-First Language”: It’s Time to Actually Put the Person First, found at https://radicalcopyeditor.com/2017/07/03/person-centered-language/
The Politics of Being Me, found at https://www.buzzfeed.com/lucywebster/how-feminism-informed-my-identity-as-a-disabled-woman?utm_term=.lbda4VAW64#.xh80mV5Enm
As social workers, we are to start where the client is at, both in terms of language and in terms of empowerment. Feminism is focused on empowerment, yet the last writer pointed out that a weakness of mainstream feminism is that it has not always acknowledged the importance of intersectionality on people’s lives. Nevertheless, the feminist principles listed in the book on p. 449 and the feminist standards for programs and practices listed on pp. 467-468 can guide social workers who seek to empower clients with disabilities. In chapter 12, the book primarily focused on work with people who have developmental disabilities, but there are other types of disabilities as well. For this discussion board, reflect on how social workers might use the feminist principles & standards from the book in empowering clients with disabilities. It will probably help you to be specific, as empowerment will be different for people with varying disabilities.