{"id":1527,"date":"2025-07-23T14:53:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-23T14:53:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.openfuturelearning.org\/blog\/?p=1527"},"modified":"2025-07-23T16:58:55","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T16:58:55","slug":"words-matter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.openfuturelearning.org\/blog-proof\/index.php\/words-matter\/","title":{"rendered":"Words Matter!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Words have power, let\u2019s use them wisely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Mini Learning Module - Words Matter\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3lp6xSQJBrU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Welcome to Words Matter, a powerful, thought-provoking module from Open Future Learning, written by and featuring Nina Tame.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>This module explores how the language we use when talking about disability can shape attitudes, challenge stereotypes, and either build up or break down inclusive environments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>This module will help you understand the importance of respectful, empowering, and accurate language, and why the words we choose truly matter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Want to see how Open Future Learning can work for your team? Schedule a Zoom demo of our site and then have 24 seats to our site for one month. No obligation. No contract of use. No cost. Click&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.openfuturelearning.org\/index.cfm?fuseaction=login.RequestDemo\">here<\/a>&nbsp;to schedule your demo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>P.S. Open Future is now SCORM compliant. Use our courses on any LMS!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Words have power, let\u2019s use them wisely. Welcome to Words Matter, a powerful, thought-provoking module from Open Future Learning, written by and featuring Nina Tame. This module explores how the language we use when talking about disability can shape attitudes, challenge stereotypes, and either build up or break down inclusive environments. This module will help &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.openfuturelearning.org\/blog-proof\/index.php\/words-matter\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Words Matter!&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.openfuturelearning.org\/blog-proof\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1527"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.openfuturelearning.org\/blog-proof\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.openfuturelearning.org\/blog-proof\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.openfuturelearning.org\/blog-proof\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.openfuturelearning.org\/blog-proof\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1527"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.openfuturelearning.org\/blog-proof\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1527\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1531,"href":"https:\/\/www.openfuturelearning.org\/blog-proof\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1527\/revisions\/1531"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.openfuturelearning.org\/blog-proof\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1527"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.openfuturelearning.org\/blog-proof\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1527"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.openfuturelearning.org\/blog-proof\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1527"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}