http://www.uvatt.org/onlinelearningblog/2006/08/08/your-thoughts-on-wording/ For people with special needs and their caregivers Sat, 22 Nov 2008 01:45:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 http://www.uvatt.org/onlinelearningblog/2006/08/08/your-thoughts-on-wording/#comment-4 Tue, 26 Sep 2006 22:05:48 +0000 http://www.uvatt.org/onlinelearningblog/2006/08/08/your-thoughts-on-wording/#comment-4 <p>I'm not crazy about the term "special needs", because it only focuses on the needs of people with disabilities - not on their talents and skills, or on the many contributions they make. What do others think?</p> I’m not crazy about the term “special needs”, because it only focuses on the needs of people with disabilities - not on their talents and skills, or on the many contributions they make. What do others think?

]]> http://www.uvatt.org/onlinelearningblog/2006/08/08/your-thoughts-on-wording/#comment-3 Wed, 13 Sep 2006 04:17:09 +0000 http://www.uvatt.org/onlinelearningblog/2006/08/08/your-thoughts-on-wording/#comment-3 <p>We prefer to emphasize Ability, as in disAbility.</p> We prefer to emphasize Ability, as in disAbility.

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