Through this presentation I learned a lot. I learned that about “Spread the Word, to End the Word.” I never heard about that movement before and being able to have somebody in our group that has participated in it was very interesting. I have heard about person first word before, but sometimes I realized during this presentation that I wasn’t using it. I would identify the disability and not the person. This presentation really helped me remind myself that I need to slow down and think about what I am saying especially as a future educator. When I was reading the textbook, I was almost taken aback by how many adults actually have a disability. The quote that I found to be most accurate was when Spradlin (2011) said, ““At some point, every
