Mélange Accessibility for All Magazine October 2020 | Page 31

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A REMINDER FROM Barbados ’ Broad Street Media , an organization that produces media by the deaf , for the deaf .

Appropriate Terminology

• Deaf

• Hard of hearing

• Deaf

• Deaf-Blind

Inappropriate Terminology

• Deaf and Dumb

• Deaf and mute

• Hearing impaired

• Pipi

• Nickname - Dummy

Be Respectful