Resources for Diversity and Inclusion 

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Understanding Key Concepts

• Implicit Bias: Explore your own biases with the Harvard Implicit Association Tests.
• Gender Identity: Use this guide to understand different gender identity terms.
• Ageism: Understand what ageism is and its effects.
• Ableism: Take a quiz to reflect on your own biases or watch TEDx talks
  • Exploring Ableism - An Invitation to create an inclusive society
  • Disabling Ableism: The Modern Pathway to Inclusion
• Weight Stigma: Learn about the global impact of weight stigma
• Neurodiversity: Neurodivergent & Neurodiversity: Meanings & Examples
• Prisoner Re-Entry: Learn about The Challenges of Prisoner Re-Entry Into Society

Communication and Language

• Recovery Language: Explore how Language Matters in the Recovery Movement.
  
• Speech & Language Disorders: Day in the Life: Understanding the Experiences of People With Speech & Language Disorders.
• Reframing Language: Access resources on Reframing Language.

Research and Articles

• Language and Bias:.Substance use, recovery, and linguistics: The impact of word choice on explicit and implicit bias -  Read an abstract or the full paper.
• SCARF Model: Learn about this brain-based model for influencing and collaborating with others13.SCARF: a brain-based model for collaborating with and influencing others.