disability identity – Psychology Benefits Society

December 18, 2014December 18, 2014Administrator

Challenging Words and Labels: How Should We Refer to Disability?

By Dana S. Dunn, PhD (Professor of Psychology and Assistant Dean for Special Projects, Moravian College) How should we talk about disability, especially perhaps, people with disabilities? Is saying “the disabled” or “disabled people” ok? Are there right and wrong ways to talk or write about disability? The American Psychological Association (APA) advocates that when referring […]

Disabled couple making dinner with their daughter

September 30, 2014September 30, 2014Administrator

People with Disabilities Aren’t Heroes – They’re People

By Dana S. Dunn, PhD (Professor of Psychology and Assistant Dean for Special Projects, Moravian College) One of my former students has muscular dystrophy. He uses a power wheelchair to get around. He tells me that it is not unusual for him to attract the interest of strangers when he is out and about with friends—in […]