By Tony Connelly

Media outlets and journalists have been cautioned against the use of certain words when reporting on the Paralympics Games after a disability research report revealed that a number of commonly used terms including “superhuman”, “brave” and “heroes” could offend disabled people.

With the Rio 2016 Paralympics Games getting underway in two days the English Federation of Disability Sport conducted a media research survey to help provide more clarity on how the media should report on the Games.

As part of the survey, 30 disabled adults were asked to give their response to a number of terms. Interestingly some Read full story ›

Source: The Drum