Bad Disability Journalism: Suffers from Mental Illness or Suffers from a Punch in the Face?
The use of “suffers” to describe people with various disabilities is my #1 “to-avoid” tip when I talk disability and journalism (#2 is “wheelchair bound”). It especially shows up in cases of police use of force. In last March’s Ruderman Foundation White Paper, Lawrence Carter-Long and I wrote: The most current disability style guide for…