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BC Disability Games Current Terminology Video

August 5, 2009

In 2009, Heather McCain, Founder-Executive Director of Citizens for Accessible Neighbourhoods [Live Educate Transform Society] created videos for the volunteers and organizers of the Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows BC Disability Games. The videos were made in partnership with BC Disability Games.

This video is on current terminology.

Please note that some of the content, like the terminology, may be dated. For example:

The video states that the term disabled is not used but it now is. It is part of identity first language.
Visual impairment is used in the video but the term is now partially sighted, low vision, or blind.
Hearing impairment is used in the video but the terms are now Deaf/deaf or hard of hearing.

Screenshot of slide at beginning of Terminology Guide video.
Screenshot of slide at beginning of Terminology Guide video. The slide is gold at the top, red at the bottom. The text says BC Disability Games at the top and Terminology Guide in the middle.