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The Washington Post

The case against banning the word ‘retard’

Long before Rahm Emanuel, Sarah Palin and Rush Limbaugh made the word fodder for political controversy and late-night punch lines, a movement was underway to eliminate it from everyday conversation.

Filed Under: intellectual disability, language, public policy

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