Friends, please check out the post I wrote on my parents.com blog, "Can the word retard kill? This murder might convince you." It's a horrifying story, and it makes you understand how demeaning words such as "retard" spread hate that can lead to harm.
Wow.
ReplyDeleteDid you see this phenomenal video by a girl who has a brother with autism and DS?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1iSlok6muY0&feature=player_embedded
Thanks for sharing this. Your full post was a really hard, but necessary read and I shared it on Facebook as another reminder to my friends about why I'm such a hard ass when it comes to using hurtful, offensive language like the r-word.
ReplyDeleteHearing the word "retard" is just soo rude.
ReplyDeleteThere are no words to describe how upset and angry that made me feel. Why are people so cruel and hateful to one another??
ReplyDeleteAgain, I blame not controlling our survival instincts.
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