NO!!
NO!!!!!!
NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And those of you who use "retarded" as a derogatory term, or insult: SHAME ON YOU.
You might think it's funny.
IT'S NOT.
"MENTALLY RETARDED" is a clinical term referring to people who have an IQ, Intelligence Quotient, less than 70.
Perhaps one of my MOST. HATED. PHRASES. EVER.
You wanna know why????
Because when he was 3 years old, my non-verbal, autistic son was tested by an incompetent diagnostician....and labeled RETARDED.
Is RETARDED a bad word?
NO.
DID YOU HEAR ME?
NO.
Mentally retarded is defined as an IQ of less than 70. And there are all kinds of new tests these days and I don't want to pretend to be a professional.
But "retarded" is relative.
And.
I.
HATE.
When people use that term as derogatory.
My cousin is "retarded."
She was born with the umbilical cord wrapped around her neck. Oxygen supply cut off.
Cerebral palsy.
Her fault?
No way.
RETARDED?
YES.
NO!!
NO!!!!!!
NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And those of you who use "retarded" as a derogatory term, or insult: SHAME ON YOU.
You might think it's funny.
IT'S NOT.
MY kids have been taught to respect different brains: from autism brain to mentally retarded, we are fearfully and wonderfully made:
ROCK ON!
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