Posts filed under: language

Feb. 14, 2010
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.
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Filed Under: intellectual disability, language, public policy

Jan. 30, 2010
Parkersburg (W.V.) Sentinel and Journal
Emanuel’s language angers advocates
Local and state advocates for those with disabilities were "outraged" after learning of reports that White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel reportedly used an epithet relating to people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
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Filed Under: intellectual disability, language, public policy

Dec. 27, 2009
The Denver Post
Greene: Colo. funding decision stymies disabled supermom
There's a term, "supercrip," that describes a way of portraying people with disabilities as though it's astonishing that they get out of bed each morning and go about their lives.
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Filed Under: healthcare, housing, language, long-term care, Olmsted decision, physical disability, profile

Dec. 22, 2009
The Washington Post
John R. Hudson dies; quadriplegic championed the disabled
John R. Hudson, 62, a social worker who devoted his career to support and rehabilitation for the disabled after a diving accident left him a quadriplegic as a young adult, died of respiratory arrest Dec. 9 at Inova Fair Oaks Hospital in Fairfax County.
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Filed Under: Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), disaster planning, language, public policy, public safety

Nov. 19, 2009
Los Angeles Times
What’s in a name? Legislation would end use of the term ‘mental retardation’
We health bloggers and reporters think about words a lot and care about using the right ones. So we were interested when we heard that a legislative proposal offered in the U.S. Senate recently would outlaw further use of the terms "mentally retarded" or "mental retardation" from federal statutes and policy papers in the area of health, education and labor.
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Filed Under: intellectual disability, language, public policy

Nov. 15, 2009
The (University of Cincinnati) News Record
“Retardation” terms not supported by Ohioans
A day after election results showed more than 67 percent of voters approved Issue 5, 'MR/DD levy renewal' , Hamilton County Mental Retardation and Developmental Disability center officially removed of the term "mental retardation" from their organizational name.
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Filed Under: developmental disability, intellectual disability, language

Sept. 30, 2009
USA Today
Online hate speech: Difficult to police … and define
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Filed Under: Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), intellectual disability, language

Sept. 8, 2009
National Public Radio
Rethinking ‘Retarded’: Should It Leave The Lexicon?
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Filed Under: intellectual disability, language

Aug. 13, 2009
Fox News
New York Residents With Disabilities Outraged by ‘Retard’ Comment at County Meeting
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Filed Under: intellectual disability, language, politics

July 16, 2009
Salon
Who you calling a “midget”?
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Filed Under: dwarfism, language, little people

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