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This resource provides guidelines on inclusive language and images, covering topics such as age, body size, disabilities, gender and sexuality, race, ethnicity, nationality, and more. The guide emphasizes avoiding labeling, asking for self-description, and recognizing cultural norms in communication.

The guidelines aim to improve reporting practices while recognizing the complexities of race and ethnicity in health research and communication.

The guidelines for bias-free language encompass both general principles for writing about people without bias across various topics and specific guidelines that address individual characteristics. These characteristics include age, disability, gender, participation in research, racial and ethnic identity, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, and intersectionality.

This .guide provides comprehensive definitions and guidance on gender-inclusive pregnancy-related language, neurodiversity, religious discrimination, and weight stigma. It emphasizes avoiding conversational language that contributes to microaggressions, although it acknowledges that language evolves over time.

This resource is an expansion of C4DISC’s Toolkits for Equity project, aiming to help authors, editors, and reviewers recognize the use of language and images that are inclusive and culturally sensitive.