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As emphasized throughout this guide, archivists, catalogers, and others involved in descriptive practices should solicit the opinion of donors and use their preferences.
Recommendations
- Recognize Avoid using terms that aging is a natural part of life.Avoid language that defines, valorizes or belittles the aging process.equate aging with decline, isolation, depression, illness, and other physical limitations.
- We generally recommend using the use of people first descriptions in all public facing documents.
- Use the The language preference or self-identity used by donors . If their terms are contrary to the goals of inclusive language include explanatory notes.Provide should take precedence over other terms.
- Unless it's part of the official name of an organization, book title, etc., provide contextual notes in instances where harmful language must be retained, including the titles of organizations, books, etcis retained.
Resources:
Age-inclusive language: Are you using it in your writing and everyday speech?
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