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What Do You Call Home?
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What is a home? Many unhoused
individuals are described as homeless;
however, they may not view
themselves that way. We took great
care to be intentional with our use of
language when developing our
community-led housing framework for
individuals with fetal alcohol spectrum
disorder. Consider the use of the
word unhoused, an experience of
being without a house, versus
homeless, deficit-based language
describing a personal trait. If we begin
by negating people’s experiences of
home, we take our first steps on the
pathway towards responsive housing
service for some of society’s most
vulnerable citizens with a focus on
their shortfalls rather than their
strengths. As scholars, we have the
ability to shift that language and
imagery. We have powerful teachings
and guiding forces that drive our work- our guiding lights. These lights, when focused on with intention, lead us to carefully consider how we share information and ideas with others. When we shift to a person-centred approach to research and communication, we evolve, we do things differently, and can take those first few steps off what may have been the wrong path toward housing: “I have a home…I’m unhoused” (Park, 2016).
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- 2020-01-01
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