University of Tasmania, Australia

UTAS employs inclusive language but seeks to maintain readability, and grammatical and commonsense. The following includes some general rules.

Replace:

• ‘view’, ‘read’ and ‘see’, ‘watch’ with ‘refer to’, ‘visit’ or ‘go to’
• ‘handicapped’ with ‘disabled'
• 'authoress', ‘stewardess' etc with 'author' or 'steward'

Avoid using:

• he/him/his as generic pronouns
• non-specific gender references, e.g. 'he/she', 'him/her', 'his/her'
• 'they' when referring to a generic noun in the singular: 
  Incorrect: When the student is informed of the decision they must be informed also of their right to appeal.
  Correct: When being informed of the decision the student must also be informed of the right to appeal.
• 'man' generically, e.g. instead of 'the best man for the job', use 'the best person (or applicant, or candidate) for the job'
• 'man' as a verb, e.g. rather than 'You will man the display', use 'You will look after (or be in charge of) the display'

More information is available in the University's Guide to Inclusive Language.