Idk i think its also kinda hard because unless u are closely related to someone disabled ur not really educated on it and it gets to the point where you dont know what offends people and your constantly walking on egg shells.....just a thought
Saying someone is mentally retarded means they have a condition, but calling someone a retard that isn't is an insult to them and the mentally retarded
I HATE PPL USING THAT WORD!!!!! and u know that sliver wolf!!!! My son suffers from Dravets sydrome which is the worst type of epiliepsy!!! It's so rare there are only 400-500 cases in the entire world x as an addition he as development problems and is classed as being slightly (retarded)......I hate using the word but that's wat they call it x So wen ppl dont think and use that word to replace another it makes me sick and disguised as a mother with a child who is that, but most importantly hurt that ppl dont use there brains that god gave them
Carly?ma'm? Who is they? Because if that is actually what his condition is called i dont understand why your rage is so strong thats like me getting mad because someone called me black
And is what we consider retarded more thanjust people with epilepsy? Like is the spectrum as broad as autism? I know alot of autistic people that get called retarded that gets on my nerves do u know?
I have two cuzins who are aurtistic, wen I say they I mean medical team I have a right as a mother who's child is classed as retarded in medical terms and u can even look dravets syndrome up and c that word used in the desciption of what it's all about sooooo me going going mad at ppl using that word I think I ad a rite to
Alot of wat u sed in them two post I have no clue wat you meant I'm stating an opinion on what I think about this thread x and that's I think it's wrong to use that word I really do
It is insulting mentally disabled, I cried my heart out because someone really hurt my feelings because I do have family members that are mentally disabled
Oh carly sorry what i meant is why are you offended if retarded is the actual name for it? How old is your kid btw?
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