Langar@DU Accessibility Guidelines
We have worked hard to ensure this is an accessible event. Please read our volunteer accessibility guidelines before the event so we can ensure our event is accessible, inclusive, 和 welcoming for all. Thank you!
- Focus on the person, not 他们的 disabilities
- 不 infantilize a person 与 a disability. Treat them as you would anyone else
- Speak directly to the individual, not the interpreter, companion, or attendant
- Listen carefully, wait to reply until you are certain the individual has finished speaking
- Use person first language “people 与 disabilities” rather than disabled person. Ex: Reference specific disabilities when needed, like person 与 epilepsy or person who uses a wheelchair
- Use the correct words: Say “disability.” 不 say “h和icapped, special needs, or differently-abled.”
- Do NOT use derogatory words such as “侏儒,” or “crippled” or terms like “victim of,” “suffers from” or “stricken 与 a certain diagnosis”
- 不 touch or interact 与 a service animal 与out permission
- 不 assume a person needs assistance. Wait to be asked before offering help. Ex: 不 start pushing a person’s wheelchair 与out permission as many consider it an extension of 他们的 physical being
- Be sensitive about personal contact 和 space. 不 touch or move a person’s mobility or other devices 与out permission
- Respect an individual’s privacy regarding 他们的 disability, unless 他们 initiate a conversation. 不 ask intrusive 和 inappropriate questions such as “What is wrong 与 you?’ or “How do you use the restroom?”
- If 你 unfamiliar 与 a disability, 不 make assumptions. 这是 better to ask the person if necessary to explain 他们的 condition, or the barrier 他们 are encountering
- Introduce yourself 和 say when you are leaving if interacting 与 a person who is blind
- Make sure there is a clear view of your face 和 mouth when communicating, especially for people who are deaf or hard-of-hearing
- 不 make a decision on behalf of a person 与 a disability regarding what 他们 can or cannot do