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Person/child with Spinal muscular atrophy

26.09.2021

Use

Person/child with Spinal muscular atrophy

Avoid

Physically challenged

In this case we should also use “peщзду-first language” and refer to the condition as something a person has, not as something that defines them. Avoid saying a person “suffers from” or “is afflicted with” the disease. The abbreviation SMA is acceptable on second reference.

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