Internship Weeks 3+4

[nalty7]

I had technical problems these days (i lent my laptop to my dear classmate and future colleague-researcher -i just love her so much- multiple times because she needed a program for her thesis) so I'll write everything I can remember from these weeks.

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[tokeruyouna]

That second one sounds really interesting. Could they also qualify if they had a physical disability instead of a mental one?

The term retardation/mentally retarded was "normal" a long time ago but nowadays it is generally considered offensive and not really used. I wouldn't find if offensive if, say, my grandparents used it, since they are old and don't know how things have changed. However, an academic using it would definitely be offensive, and people from younger generations would be either offensive or possibly just very undereducated. Instead, people use the term for the specific problem, such as Down's Syndrome, or a general description of the problem as a "learning disability" or an "intellectual disability" or something depending on what the situation is.

[nalty7]

It's a newly founded NGO and it works perfectly. It made me want to work there. I think no because one with only a physical disability wouldn't be able to communicate with the other children. Most of them had serious mental disabilities and it even took the specialist team about a month or two to learn to decipher the kids' moves. There is another NGO which is called School of Blinds where everyone but mentally disabled go.

Thank you! I used an online dictionary and while I put the greek word which is politically correct I got this result and it felt a bit offensive. I'm not familiar with the research and the articles in this case, otherwise I'd know which word is correct. I changed it in the text.

[tokeruyouna]

I see. By the way, do the kids live there, or do they just go there during the day like school?

Well I just said what is in general use since I'm not familiar with the terms used in research either, and I didn't even know what exactly you meant since it doesn't refer to one thing in particular (I feel like it was most closely associated with Down's Syndrome in the past though). But now I'm curious, did the Greek word you were thinking of actually mean Down's, or did you just change the text to that because it was a good example?