Differently brained?
Yu hu
Nu uh.
True. But if not for them, the sanctimonious fucks wouldn’t have anything to do.
If the word “asshole” becomes off-limits, I might as well just turn in my driver’s license.
{Makes a note - insult Lobot and Canadjun just like everyone else. 
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There is a difference between saying that someone sounds retarded, vs. saying that they sound like a retard.
The second is offensive, the first is not.
Joe
Actually, those two terms are interchangeable. Intellectual disability is the new preferred term, although MR is still widely used. If you are thinking something acquired later in life such as dementia or traumatic brain injury is an intellectual disability, you have your terminology incorrect.
I’d say he’s a fool.
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MR is only one kind of intellectual disability. I’ve worked in the field for years and have taught special ed and LD. Brain injuries certainly can cause intellectual disabilities, but so can autism, so can degenerative diseases like Alzheimers, and certain LD’s (such as dyslexia) can be characterized as intellectual disabilities.
Wiki definition of Intellectual Disability:
Sorry, you are incorrect, or at least your information is out-of-date. Intellectual disability must be diagnosed in childhood (see here), so degenerative diseases and injuries occurring later do not count. The primary characteristic of learning disabilities is a normal to above average IQ paired with significantly impaired academic performance. (See here for the IDEA definition.) Mental retardation/intellectual disability are NOT synonymous with learning disability because the primary characteristic of MR/ID is low IQ.
MR is not a subcategory of intellectual disability, the two terms are interchangeable. Autism can be co-morbid with intellectual disability, but is not a type of intellectual disability, as some people with autism have normal intelligence.
I’ll take the IDEA and CDC definitions over wikipedia. There is a lot of confusion about the terms, but I am using the definitions as outlined in IDEA 2004.
The wikipedia definition comes from the DSM IV. I also happen to know for a fact that diagnoses like MI are referred to under the umbrella of “intellectual disabilities” by professionals in related fields (like me).
Check your cite a little more thoroughly:
“Note 1” leads to a cite to the DSM IV.
None of the other assertions in that article are cited to the DSM IV. So, in other words, the DSM IV agrees with me, and the CDC, and IDEA 2004.
And now I must go to work.
“Increasingly being used as a synonymn” does not mean “exclusively with no other meaning.” I know how those words are used in the field. I’m not speculating.
Canadjun-I’m in wheelchair as well. I was a student at a school for kids with disabilities (physical). Kids with my disability called each other “'bif” (short for Spina Bifida) regularly. We usually thought it was funny. But if anyone else did? HELL to pay. “Cripple” was in the name of the school early in its history, but was eventually dropped, for much the same reason Negro isn’t used much anymore (the UNCF being the obvious exception).
In addition to the fact I needed to sleep, the reason I’m only just now coming back to defend myself: I’m not going to change your mind, you won’t change mine, so we’ll agree to disagree.
A few things I’ve posted on this previously:
My wife used to work for The ARC. If you ask anyone there what “ARC” stands for, it doesn’t stand for anything anymore…it’s just “The ARC”. It used to stand for the “Association of Retarded Citizens”, but not anymore.
Direct quote from the director of my wife’s office: “How can you tell if someone has no personal interaction with the developmentally disabled? They think the word ‘retarded’ is offensive”. As with many PC things, the only ones offended are those who have to be told to be offended.
That reminds me. It’s been a long time since I’ve heard the word “palsy” used to refer to someone lacking in intelligence or coordination.
Bring that one back, I say.
So it’s moved up into more mature circles?
Wait, what am I thinking?
Name Calling = Talk Radio
I thought it used to stand for Alabama Raw Chicken. 
Welcome to the BBQ Pitt, noobers.
do you have any idea how hard it’s gonna be to work this into casual conversation? I just tried to tell my husband, and I was cracking up as soon as I got to the word “Palin”.