http://www.disabilityscoop.com/2010/02/09/white-house-meeting-future/6950/ Developmental Disability News Tue, 07 Sep 2010 21:02:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc http://www.disabilityscoop.com/2010/02/09/white-house-meeting-future/6950/comment-page-1/#comment-1171 twinkie1cat Wed, 10 Feb 2010 04:01:46 +0000 http://www.disabilityscoop.com/?p=6950#comment-1171 While the word "retarded" is not in itself a bad word, it can easily be used pejoratively and should only be uttered by those who use it in a professional sense. There were worse words in the lexicon not so many years ago: Mental defective, trainable and custodial (still used in Florida I have heard) Moron,Idiot and Imbecile. It's not like the n word, universally bad. But, like "gay" the problem is in the WAY it is used. All "retarded" really means is slow. While the word “retarded” is not in itself a bad word, it can easily be used pejoratively and should only be uttered by those who use it in a professional sense. There were worse words in the lexicon not so many years ago: Mental defective, trainable and custodial (still used in Florida I have heard) Moron,Idiot and Imbecile. It’s not like the n word, universally bad. But, like “gay” the problem is in the WAY it is used. All “retarded” really means is slow.

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