Disability World
A bimonthly web-zine of international disability news and views • Issue no. 14 June-August 2002


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Terms to describe people who have had leprosy

The ILO is currently carrying out a project which includes women who have had leprosy. We seeking advice from the GLADNET community on terminology currently used to describe the disabilities arising from this. We wish to avoid terms such as 'ex-leprosy patients' . Please send comments to:

ILO / Disability Programme
vaisanen@ilo.org

We look forward to receiving your comments and advice,

Mia Vaisanen
Val Lawton
Operations Manager & Web Developer
GLADNET Association
www.gladnet.org

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