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References for writing about aging and disability#

"Age." APA Style, accessed 13 January 2022, https://apastyle.apa.org/style-grammar-guidelines/bias-free-language/age

Brown, Lydia X. Z. "Glossary of Ableist Phrases." Autistic Hoya, 27 February 2021, https://www.autistichoya.com/p/ableist-words-and-terms-to-avoid.html

Cohen-Rottenberg, Rachel. "Doing Social Justice: Thoughts on Ableist Language and Why It Matters." Disability and Representation, 14 September 2013, http://www.disabilityandrepresentation.com/2013/09/14/ableist-language/

Dahmen, Nicole S. and Cozma, Raluca, Editors. “Media Takes: On Aging” [PDF]. International Longevity Center – USA, 2009, https://www.issuelab.org/resources/11981/11981.pdf

“Disabilities.” AP Stylebook, accessed 8 February, 2021, https://www.apstylebook.com/ap_stylebook/disabilities

“Disability Language Style Guide.” National Center on Disability and Journalism, accessed 8 February 2021, https://ncdj.org/style-guide/

“FAQ.” United States Census Bureau, accessed 13 May 2021, https://www.census.gov/topics/population/race/about/faq.html

“Guidelines for Writing About People with Disabilities.” Americans with Disabilities Act National Network, accessed 8 February 2021, https://adata.org/factsheet/ADANN-writing

“Guidelines: How to Write About People with Disabilities (9th Edition).” University of Kansas Research & Training Center on Independent Living, accessed 8 February 2021, http://rtcil.org/products/media/guidelines

“Neurodiversity,” Exceptional Individuals, accessed 24 March 2021, https://exceptionalindividuals.com/neurodiversity/

“Q&A: ADD vs. ADHD. What’s the Difference?” Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, accessed 1 May 2021, https://chadd.org/adhd-weekly/qa-add-vs-adhd-whats-the-difference/

Rajkumar, Shruti. "How to talk about disability sensitively and avoid ableist tropes," NPR, 8 August 2022, https://www.npr.org/2022/08/08/1115682836/how-to-talk-about-disability-sensitively-and-avoid-ableist-tropes

“Sharing Your Story Publicly.” National Eating Disorders Association, accessed 8 February 2021, https://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org/community/sharing-your-story-responsibly

“The Carter Center Journalism Resource Guide on Behavioral Health” [PDF]. The Carter Center, accessed 8 February 2021, https://www.cartercenter.org/resources/pdfs/health/mental_health/2015-journalism-resource-guide-on-behavioral-health.pdf

Walker, Nick. “Neurodiversity: Some Basic Terms & Definitions.” Neurocosmopolitanism, 27 September 2014, https://neurocosmopolitanism.com/neurodiversity-some-basic-terms-definitions/

"Writing inclusive documentation." Google developer documentation style guide, accessed 25 July 2021, https://developers.google.com/style/inclusive-documentation

References for writing about gender, sex and sexual orientation#

“Gender and Sexuality.” AP Stylebook, accessed 8 February 2021, https://www.apstylebook.com/ap_stylebook/gender-and-sexuality

“GLAAD Media Reference Guide – In Focus: Covering the Bisexual Community.” GLAAD, accessed 8 February 2021, https://www.glaad.org/reference/bisexual

“GLAAD Media Reference Guide – Lesbian / Gay / Bisexual Glossary of Terms.” GLAAD, accessed 8 February 2021, https://www.glaad.org/reference/lgbtq

“GLAAD Media Reference Guide – Transgender.” GLAAD, accessed 8 February 2021, https://www.glaad.org/reference/transgender

“How Sexual Orientation is Different from Gender Identity.” GLAAD, accessed 8 February 2021, https://www.glaad.org/how-sexual-orientation-different-gender-identity

Kapitan, Alex. “Ask a Radical Copyeditor: Are There Limits to Self-Identity Language?” The Radical Copyeditor, 24 July 2018, https://radicalcopyeditor.com/2018/07/24/are-there-limits-to-self-identity-language/

Kapitan, Alex. “The Radical Copyeditor’s Style Guide for Writing About Transgender People.” The Radical Copyeditor, 31 August 2017, https://radicalcopyeditor.com/2017/08/31/transgender-style-guide/

Shelley, Crystal. "Gender and Inclusive Language." Rabbit with a Red Pen, 11 January 2021, https://www.rabbitwitharedpen.com/blog/gender-and-inclusive-language

Simon, Greyson, et. al. The Trans Language Primer, accessed 1 May 2021, https://translanguageprimer.com/

“Stylebook.” The Association of LGBTQ Journalists, accessed 8 February 2021, https://www.nlgja.org/stylebook/terminology/

“Style Guide.” Trans Journalists Association, accessed 8 February 2021, https://transjournalists.org/style-guide/

“Two-Spirit.” Indian Health Service, accessed 25 March 2021, https://www.ihs.gov/lgbt/health/twospirit/

“Understanding Gender.” Gender Spectrum, accessed 8 February 2021, https://www.genderspectrum.org/articles/understanding-gender

References for writing about culture, ethnicity and race#

“AAC&U Style Guide.” Association of American Colleges & Universities, accessed 1 May 2021, https://www.aacu.org/publications/style-guide

Appiah, Kwame Anthony. “The Case for Capitalizing the B in Black.” The Atlantic, 18 June 2020, https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/06/time-to-capitalize-blackand-white/613159/

“Ask Code Switch: Who Can Call Themselves ‘Brown’?” NPR, 11 December 2017, https://www.npr.org/2017/12/11/569983724/ask-code-switch-who-can-call-themselves-brown

“BAME term upsetting and disrespectful says Sporting Equals study.” The Voice, 16 November 2020, https://www.voice-online.co.uk/sport/2020/11/16/bame-term-upsetting-and-disrespectful-says-sporting-equals-study/

Bensimon, Estela Mara. “The Misbegotten URM as a Data Point.” Center for Urban Education, 2017, https://cue.usc.edu/files/2016/01/Bensimon_The-Misbegotten-URM-as-a-Data-Point.pdf

“Covering Asia and Asian Americans.” Asian American Journalists Association, 30 November 2020, https://aaja.org/2020/11/30/covering-asia-and-asian-americans/

“Cultural Competence Handbook” [PDF]. National Association of Hispanic Journalists, August 2020, https://nahj.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/NAHJ-Cultural-Competence-Handbook.pdf

Escárcega, Patricia. “Newsletter: Here’s why we stopped italicizing ‘foreign’ foods.” Los Angeles Times, 4 January 2020, https://www.latimes.com/food/story/2020-01-04/foreign-foods-tasting-notes-newsletter-patricia-escarcega

Ewing, Eve L. “I’m a Black Scholar Who Studies Race. Here’s Why I Capitalize ‘White.’” Zora, 2 July 2020, https://zora.medium.com/im-a-black-scholar-who-studies-race-here-s-why-i-capitalize-white-f94883aa2dd3

Fuhrman, Henry. “Drop the Hyphen in Asian American.” Conscious Style Guide, 23 January 2018, https://consciousstyleguide.com/drop-hyphen-asian-american/

Irvin Painter, Nell. “Opinion: Why ‘White’ should be capitalized, too.” The Washington Post, 22 July 2020, https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/07/22/why-white-should-be-capitalized/

Kapitan, Alex. “Ask a Radical Copyeditor: Are There Limits to Self-Identity Language?” The Radical Copyeditor, 24 July 2018, https://radicalcopyeditor.com/2018/07/24/are-there-limits-to-self-identity-language/

Kapitan, Alex. “Should I Use the Adjective ‘Diverse’?” The Radical Copyeditor, 2 October 2017, https://radicalcopyeditor.com/2017/10/02/should-i-use-the-adjective-diverse/

Kapitan, Alex. “Thirty Everyday Phrases that Perpetuate the Oppression of Indigenous Peoples.” The Radical Copyeditor, 12 October 2020, https://radicalcopyeditor.com/2020/10/12/thirty-everyday-phrases-that-perpetuate-the-oppression-of-indigenous-peoples/

Krol, Debra Utacia. “Covering Indigenous Communities with Respect and Sensitivity.” The Open Notebook, 18 June 2019, https://www.theopennotebook.com/2019/06/18/covering-indigenous-communities-with-respect-and-sensitivity/

“Middle East/North Africa (MENA).” Office of the United States Trade Representative, accessed 13 May 2021, https://ustr.gov/countries-regions/europe-middle-east/middle-east/north-africa

“Mother Jones’ Style Guide.” Mother Jones, 20 January 2021, https://www.motherjones.com/media/2020/02/mother-jones-style-guide/#race

“NABJ Style Guide.” National Association of Black Journalists, accessed 8 February 2021, https://www.nabj.org/page/styleguide

“NAHJ asks newsrooms to drop the use of ‘minority’ when referencing communities of color.” National Association of Hispanic Journalists, 4 August 2020, https://nahj.org/2020/08/04/nahj-asks-newsrooms-to-drop-the-use-of-minority/

“Our Shared Language: Social Justice Glossary” [PDF]. YWCA, March 2016, https://www.ywboston.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/MISS_VIT_BLD-SUPP-FOR-MISS_TRN-AND-DEVEL_SJ-GLOSSARY_MARCH_2016.pdf

Plaid, Andrea and MacDonald-Dennis, Christopher. “‘BIPOC’ Isn’t Doing What You Think It’s Doing.” Newsweek, 9 April 2021, https://www.newsweek.com/bipoc-isnt-doing-what-you-think-its-doing-opinion-1582494

“Predominantly White Institutions.” (2009.) In K. Lomotey (Ed.), Encyclopedia of African American Education. Retrieved from https://books.google.com/books?id=dURVOtUlPKYC&pg=PA523&lpg=PA523&dq=Encyclopedia+of+African+American+Education+predominantly+white+institution

“Race-Related Coverage.” AP Stylebook, accessed 8 February 2021, https://www.apstylebook.com/ap_stylebook/race-related-coverage

“Race Reporting Guide” [PDF]. Race Forward, accessed 8 February 2021, https://www.raceforward.org/sites/default/files/Race%20Reporting%20Guide%20by%20Race%20Forward_V1.1.pdf

"Racial and Ethnic Identity." APA Style, accessed 13 January 2022, https://apastyle.apa.org/style-grammar-guidelines/bias-free-language/racial-ethnic-minorities

“Reporting and Indigenous Terminology” [PDF]. Native American Journalists Association, accessed 8 February 2021, https://najanewsroom.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/NAJA_Reporting_and_Indigenous_Terminology_Guide.pdf

Stamper, Kory. “Why We Confuse Race and Ethnicity: A Lexicographer’s Perspective.” Conscious Style Guide, 13 February 2019, https://consciousstyleguide.com/why-we-confuse-race-ethnicity-lexicographers-perspective/

Serhan, Yasmeen. “‘Expat’ and the Fraught Language of Migration.” The Atlantic, 9 October 2018, https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2018/10/expat-immigrant/570967/

“Spelling of Antisemitism.” The International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance, accessed 1 May 2021, https://www.holocaustremembrance.com/antisemitism/spelling-antisemitism

“The Diversity Style Guide.” The Diversity Style Guide, accessed 8 February 2021, https://www.diversitystyleguide.com/

“The Global Press Style Guide,” The Global Press Journal, accessed 8 February 2021, https://globalpressjournal.com/style-guide/

Thúy Nguyên, Ann and Pendleton, Maya. “Recognizing Race in Language: Why We Capitalize ‘Black’ and ‘White.’” Center for the Study of Social Policy, 23 March 2020, https://cssp.org/2020/03/recognizing-race-in-language-why-we-capitalize-black-and-white/

“Tribal Nations Media Guide” [PDF]. Native American Journalists Association, accessed 8 February 2021, https://najanewsroom.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/2020-NAJA-Tribal-Nations-Media-Guide-1.pdf

“United States Department of Education Lists of Postsecondary Institutions Enrolling Populations with Significant Percentages of Undergraduate Minority Students.” U.S. Department of Education, accessed 1 May 2021, https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/edlite-minorityinst.html

Yin, Karen. “Beyond Terminology: Zooming Out to Focus on Bias.” Conscious Style Guide, 19 September 2017, https://consciousstyleguide.com/beyond-terminology-zooming-focus-bias/

Younging, Gregory. Elements of Indigenous Style. Canada, Brush Education Inc., 2018