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===[https://www.pas-meeting.org/wp-content/uploads/2024-Tips-for-Quality-Abstracts.pdf Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting]=== | ===[https://www.pas-meeting.org/wp-content/uploads/2024-Tips-for-Quality-Abstracts.pdf Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting]=== | ||
*Please use People-First Language in your abstracts and presentations to respectfully refer to individuals with chronic conditions and disabilities. This language refers to the person first, not the condition or disability. It serves to eliminate bias, labels, stigma, and discrimination. Some examples: “children with obesity” instead of “obese children,” or a “child with a developmental delay” instead of a “developmentally delayed child.” | *Please use People-First Language in your abstracts and presentations to respectfully refer to individuals with chronic conditions and disabilities. This language refers to the person first, not the condition or disability. It serves to eliminate bias, labels, stigma, and discrimination. Some examples: “children with obesity” instead of “obese children,” or a “child with a developmental delay” instead of a “developmentally delayed child.” | ||
===[https://aso.org.uk/ukco/abstracts UK Congress on Obesity (UKCO)]=== | |||
*The use of People-First Language is mandatory for the abstract to be accepted. Abstracts not using People-First Language will be rejected. | |||
=='''Guidelines - Journalists and Editors'''== | =='''Guidelines - Journalists and Editors'''== | ||
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