labels
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Words that make me go hmmm: Professional
‘Professional’ is yet another of the ‘us and them’ words that dominate our narrative. It’s a…
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People with lived experience
In my previous ‘What do we call them?’ post, I wrote about ‘people we support’ and…
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What do we call them?
As part of the Gloriously Ordinary Language programme I run with Tricia Nicoll, we spend a full day…
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Words that make me go hmmm: Pathway
“Pathways: Not sure. But modelled on Hampton Court Maze.” Mark Neary [1] In everyday life, pathways…
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Why language matters even more
“Language is the most powerful tool we have. Let’s use it well.” Surviving Safeguarding [1] When…
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Human
I talk and write a lot about seeing people as human beings, about being human, and…
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‘Professional’ language
“Practitioners use language as a way of creating distance. Occasionally this may arise from lack of…
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Words that make me go hmmm: Patient
While ‘service user’, ‘customer’ and ‘client’ are still ubiquitously used to describe people’s relationship with social…
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Love shows up: past, present, future
“Love is a central feature of family life and yet remains invisible in health and social…
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Just words
“Reading my SW files a few years ago and seeing me described as manipulative by a…
Rewriting social care 