Disability Rights Awareness Month

Connecting meaningfully through inclusive and respectful language.

At Anglo American, we have adopted the Social Model of Disability and use the inclusive term ‘Persons with Disabilities’. We are committed to advancing and protecting the rights, healthand wellbeing of colleagues who are Persons with Disabilities, enabling them to reach their full potential, regardless of their impairment or disability.

Misguided language use can be exclusionary, offensive, and become a barrier to meaningful connections. It promotes outdated beliefs that Persons with Disabilities are needy, suffering, or incapable.

Everyone’s Dignity Matters. The language we use can foster respect for the rights and dignity of Persons with Disabilities and enable us to interact more authentically, with Care and Respect. As a guide, our words must acknowledge the person first and their disability second.

Here are some examples of more inclusive and respectful language: