The Language of Disability

Published: May 4, 2021, 8 p.m.

How does language affect how we view disability; and who gets to decide what words we should use? Peter White discusses the changing terminology around visual impairment following a report by the charity Leonard Cheshire showing that nearly three quarters of disabled people feel more needs to be done for non-disabled people to understand that their words can offend.

Presenter: Peter White\nProducer: Simon Hoban