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- satire
A literary use of humor, irony, or exaggeration to criticize someone or…
- Scouting America
Formerly known as the Boys Scouts of America, Scouting America rebranded…
- Section 14(c)
A law under the Fair Labor Standards Act that allows disabled workers to be…
- Section 230
Section 230 of Title 47 of the U.S. Code outlines protection for private blocking…
- Seeing Eye Dog
Seeing Eye Dog is a registered trademark for guide dogs for people who are blind…
- September 11th
On the first reference, use terrorist attack on Sept. 11, 2001. On subsequent references…
- service animal
As defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act, a service animal is a dog individually trained to do…
- service dog
A dog who provides a service or assistance in the broadest term, encompassing all types of guide…
- shoo-in
An idiom for a likely winner of a race or competition, or for a person or thing who has a high…
- slander
A type of defamation using speech, gesture, etc. Under the tort laws of defamation, it must cause…
- slang
An informal style of language used by a particular group or subgroup. Terms are used to convey…
- slurs
Limit the use of offensive language, whether racist, sexist, gender-based, anti-LGBTQ, slurs…
- Social Security Administration
U.S. government agency charged with administering, managing, and overseeing: Social Security…
- solutions journalism
A theory of journalism that looks at both the problem and the response to a social issue. The Solutions…
- special education
A term associated with any type of educational services for people with disabilities used by…
- SSDI
Short for Social Security Disability Insurance. This is one of two types of disability benefits…
- SSI
Short for Supplemental Security Income. It is a benefit administered by the Social Security…
- state
A politically unified people occupying a territory (or one of the territories) of a government; the body…
- substance use disorder
A clinical (medical and psychiatric) diagnosis in the DSM-V. In common language, it is referred…
- supplements, dietary supplements
In the U.S., dietary supplements include vitamins, minerals, botanicals, botanical…