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Misunderstood posted:That said, as others have pointed out it is functionally identical, in origin and usage as “idiot, moron,” etc. I wonder if there is any possibility that the current value-neutral descriptors like “developmentally delayed” or “intellectually disabled” have been intentionally made so dry and clunky to avoid making them appealing insults. The only success story I can think of for any of this type of thing went the other way around: The "neurodivergence" framing improving the perception of some conditions, like we're at the point where saying someone is "autistic" is... not great? But not always negative? Better than it would have been 20 years ago at least. But that partly happened because society decided "divergent" ways of thinking were valuable in some contexts. A bunch of conditions are still nowhere near that, like a fetal diagnosis of Down's syndrome is followed by abortion of the pregnancy 90% of the time.
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