Our commitment is to protect and advance the public interest and to provide law enforcement leadership through teamwork, professionalism, and legal excellence. They are not conditions or diseases. A disability is a condition caused by accident, trauma, genetics or disease which may limit a person s mobility, hearing, vision, speech or mental function.
Some people have one or more disabilities.
A handicap is a physical or attitudinal constraint imposed upon a person, regardless of whether that person has a disability. Written Communcations Copywriters should portray people with disabilities as they would anyone else - with all human strengths and weaknesses. In all advertising, writers should depict people with disabilities in an appropriate and non-judgmental manner. When talking with a person with a disability, speak directly to that person rather than through a companion or interpreter. Conduct interviews in a manner that emphasizes abilities, achievements and individual qualities.