Tennessee Disability Coalition
Format Brochure
The basic premise of this brochure is that one should not let fear and uncertainties keep one from getting to know people with disabilities. The brochure provides specific tips on interacting with people with learning, hearing, speech, and visual disabilities and people who use wheelchairs.
Contact URL http://www.tennessee.gov/humanserv/pubs/disab-etiq.pdf
Contact Agency
Tennessee Disability Coalition
480 Craighead Street, Suite 200
Nashville, TN 37204
(615) 383-9442
Disability Etiquette: Tips for Interacting with Individuals with Disabilities, 2007
St. Mary’s County Commission for People with Disabilities
Format Booklet
This booklet is for people with or without a disability who would like to learn how to interact more effectively with people with disabilities. It states that practicing disability etiquette makes good business sense especially in the workplace and the marketplace and is an easy way to make people with disabilities feel welcome. Provided are some basic terminology tips to follow including a person-first language chart, and information on barriers to community inclusion, top ten rules for communication, general rules for specific disabilities, and suggestions on wheelchair etiquette and how to interact with service animals.
Contact URL
http://www.aahperd.org/aapar/publications/freeresources/upload/Disability-Etiquette.pdf
Contact Name Christina Bishop
Contact Agency
St. Mary’s County Commission for People with Disabilities
23150 Leonard Hall Drive
P.O. Box 653
Leonardtown, MD 20650
(301) 475-4200 extension 1802
Disability Etiquette: Tips on Interacting with People with Disabilities
United Spinal Association
Format Booklet
This booklet is for people with or without disabilities who want to learn how to interact more effectively with people with disabilities; it provides some basic tips to follow when interacting with people with various disabilities, including people who are: blind or have low vision, deaf or hard of hearing, or of short stature. Also included are people who have: mobility impairments, cerebral palsy, Tourette Syndrome, hidden disabilities, epilepsy and seizure disorders, multiple chemical sensitivity (MCS) and respiratory disabilities, HIV and AIDS, psychiatric disabilities (mental illness), developmental disabilities, learning disabilities, traumatic or acquired brain injury, and speech difficulties. How to treat service animals is discussed, as well as emergency evacuation procedures and conflict management. Examples of signage are included.
Contact URL http://www.unitedspinal.org/disability-publications-resources/disability-etiquette/
Contact Agency
United Spinal Association
75-20 Astoria Boulevard
Jackson Heights, NY 11370
(718) 803-3782
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