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Fernie · F
“What’s wrong with "retard"? I can only tell you what it means to me and people like me when we hear it. It means that the rest of you are excluding us from your group. We are something that is not like you and something that none of you would ever want to be. We are something outside the "in" group. We are someone that is not your kind. I want you to know that it hurts to be left out here, alone.” – Joseph Franklin Stephens, Special Olympics Virginia athlete and Global Messenger
35 years ago, when I worked with people who were then described as "Retarded Adults" the clients themselves protested the word asking that the word be removed from their diagnosis/files...they themselves did this...the retarded people...it's no different to them than nigger is to black people, faggot to Gay men. It's dehumanizing...they are SO not stupid. They are intellectually Challenged. Sorry if this is too PC for you. It's offensive
35 years ago, when I worked with people who were then described as "Retarded Adults" the clients themselves protested the word asking that the word be removed from their diagnosis/files...they themselves did this...the retarded people...it's no different to them than nigger is to black people, faggot to Gay men. It's dehumanizing...they are SO not stupid. They are intellectually Challenged. Sorry if this is too PC for you. It's offensive