This week, we celebrate Spread the Word!

At The Friendship Circle, we believe in promoting inclusion in every way possible, including our language. The Spread the Word campaign aims to do this by raising awareness of exclusive language and promoting mutual respect through words and communication.

Here is a little bit about their mission: “We think the world would be better if everyone were included. Around the world, exclusion and discrimination continue to divide people with and without intellectual and developmental disabilities. We are changing that with grassroots action for inclusion. That’s Spread the Word. Founded by two youth leaders in 2009 as Spread the Word to End the Word, the campaign focused its first 10 years on addressing a particularly powerful form of exclusion: the R-word. Over 10 years, leaders and self-advocates collected millions of digital and physical pledges to end the R-word.”

Learn more about this powerful campaign for inclusion and take the pledge here!