Identity Matters

Disability Awareness

In December 2021 Camden signed its disability charter that would set out a plan of action about how the organisation would commit to protecting disabled staff, make work more inclusive and provide disabled people with the same opportunities as our non-disabled staff.

This page seeks to raise your awareness on disabilities including ways you could best support colleagues who have a disability. We are continuing to develop this page and welcome any feedback regarding the content, therefore if you have any comments, please contact Jake Binns or Fung-Yee Lee.

It is important to ensure that we are using respectful and positive language that removes or reinforces barriers that could be experienced by our disabled staff. The list below provides several examples of preferred language to use when communicating about disabilities.

Use	Instead of
Disabled person	Person with a disability, the disabled
Non-disabled person	Able-bodied person
Wheelchair user	Wheelchair bound, in a wheelchair
They are dyslexic/autistic/have ADHD	They suffer from dyslexia/autism/ADHD etc.
They are a person with Down’s Syndrome	They are Down’s
They experience mental ill health/poor mental health	They are mentally ill
They are diabetic/epileptic etc.	They are a diabetic/epileptic etc.
Deaf person/blind person	The deaf/the blind
Hard of hearing	Hearing impairment

Last updated: 06 May 2022