Tips for inclusive communication with people with disabilities
General tips
- Talk directly to people with disabilities rather than people who might be assisting them (e.g. interpreters, family members, personal assistants)
- Ask people with disabilities how they prefer to communicate, where they prefer to meet, where they prefer to sit in meetings, etc.
- Try to sit or stand so that you are talking at eye level (rather than looking down at someone)
- When communicating with a whole community or a group of people with different types of impairments, use more than one type of communication – both visual and verbal.
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