generic-user-1 on 13 February 2015
| leedlelee said: As somebody who works with adults with intellectual disabilities, this is an interesting topic to me... If we refer to an individual to whom we provide services as retarded, we are violating their rights... But to refer to their disability as mental retardation (whether it :а мф с mild, moderate, severe, or profound), is still entirely acceptable, despite whatever lawmakers might say... Academic researchers are still more likely to use mental retardation than use intellectual disability (or even developmental disability) when it comes time to write their reports and articles... As important as it might be to have a form sense of the language we should be using when advocating for the rights of those living with MR, such an intense focus on this particular topic has resulted in a complete absence of dialogue on more important issues (such as sexuality and fertility, community integration, healthcare access and treatment protocol, to name a few more urgent topics)... |
you work for the GOP?
and the word disability hurts people with disabilitys way harder than words like cripple or retard.
