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spread the word: stop the R-word

by sweetsummertime in Six-Word Memoirs on Mar 03, 2013 | add favorite | T-shirt

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jl333 says,

So what's the R word??

sweetsummertime says,

@Jl333 this was in reference to people using "retarded" in a derogatory way. Using this word takes away the individuality and importance of differences for people with intellectual or developmental delays, everyone is different and its not appropriate to take a difference and form it into an insult. This is a program for acceptance and equality :)

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