Custom entries within the UB Style Guide that reflect UB’s values. Our house style takes precedence in all written communications. This entry consists of umbrella terms for people living in the U.S.

In the past, the National Center on Disability and Journalism’s disability language style guide prioritized the use of person-first language — advising language like “person with a disability,” for ...

This section of the CU Boulder style guide recommends language that is free from stereotypes, subtle discrimination and negative messages. People’s preferences can differ widely. As a rule: Ask people ...

I have used the term “special needs” freely and often throughout my life. I have a brother with autism, and the phrase is pretty versatile and, I thought, inoffensive. But things change. Back in April ...

BOB GARFIELD: What do you call the AARP in Spanish? What’s the right term for “sequester?” And when Cubans and Ecuadorians have different words for things like drinking straws and pickup trucks, which ...

In December 2021, the American Chemical Society released the ACS Inclusivity Style Guide, a guide on inclusive language and images. The aim was to help ACS staff and members communicate in ways that ...

Below is an excerpt from The Collective, Poynter’s newsletter by journalists of color for journalists of color and our allies. Subscribe here to get it in your inbox two Wednesdays each month. Para ...