"Refer to the Person First, the Disability Second" Is One

question 26

Multiple Choice

"Refer to the person first, the disability second" is one of the guidelines for using the people-first approach to writing about people with disabilities. Which of the following are other guidelines discussed in the chapter?

• A) Remember that handicap and disability are synonymous terms.
• B) Refer to a person who uses a wheelchair as wheelchair bound or confined to a wheelchair.
• C) Refer to people with disabilities as abnormal, as opposed to atypical.
• D) All responses are correct.
• E) None of the responses are correct.

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Definitions:

Genetic Expression

The process by which information from a gene is used to synthesize functional gene products, such as proteins, which can influence an organism's traits.

Transcription

The complex chain of cellular processes that involves translating the code specified by a gene into the production of a protein. This series of biochemical events ultimately accounts for genetic expression or influence.

Translation

One step in a cell’s production of a protein, in which the cell “reads” the code represented in a strand of mRNA and creates a protoprotein based on that code.

Prenatal Development

The process of growth and development within the womb from conception until birth.