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This is just another in an endless chain of new scientific or non-judgmental terms being developed for intellectual disability, and shitbirds then adopting those terms as insults. https://www.merriam-webster.com/wordplay/moron-idiot-imbecile-offensive-history This segment-of-the-population/aspect-of-ourselves has even made an insult out of the term "special education" ("sped"). Have you considered that in the long run we might be better off drawing a line and refusing to budge any further? It's not hard to tell the difference between someone who says "look at that loving [scientific term]" and someone who says "we need to devote more effort to improving outcomes and quality of life for the intellectually [scientific term]ed" or "One thing we can all agree on is that people with intellectual [scientific term]ation are worthy of equal dignity and respect". We absolutely shouldn't be using those terms as insults. But objecting to the well-intentioned use of the term is essentially conceding that it somehow is an insult.
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zhar posted:Do doctors and the like still use it eg "the child was born mentally / physically retarded" or is disabled or some other word the new term because retard became a slur? Just curious.
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tehslime posted:Interesting fact: apparently the term “mentally retarded” was considered an official term within the U.S. government (and amongst the affiliated doctors/psychologists) until 2010. Yeah, because it means ”delayed”. “Mentally retarded” means basically word for word the same as “cognitively delayed”, it’s just that one has been given a connotation of insult by popular usage. It’s probably selective because the word “retarded” has fallen out of common usage for other purposes (unless you’re talking about old engine timing), whereas everyone is still familiar with “delayed” meaning “behind schedule”.
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