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Mar 31, 2009 09:38

3.31.09 - Spread the Word to End the Word....

So often I hear my daughter's friends and others using the word "retard" to describe a number of things or people.  Often they don't use it to be mean or hateful, but what they don't realize is that for someone with a disability, who knows the word has, in the past, been used to describe them, it *is* ( Read more... )

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gen_here March 31 2009, 18:50:36 UTC
It upsets me when I hear that... a lot. And it upsets Babs, too, see? She's telling them to Shhhh =)

Speaking of insensitivity - I keep meaning to get your/your office's reaction to Mr. Special Olympics Bowling's comment on Leno...

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just_karyn March 31 2009, 18:52:46 UTC
Gen - Check out the official Special Olympics response to Pres. Obama's mis-step here http://tinyurl.com/de3zfr

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