RETARDED

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It really is interesting how different words set different people off. I

personally PREFER the retarded word. My son is retarded - he learns very

slowly, but he does learn. I find " intellectually deficiant " or

" cognitively impaired " to be disingenuous and insulting because those

phrases indicate to me that he CAN'T learn.

I guess what ever rocks the boat. Just another view point.

Sara - Choose to make lemonade, not complain about the lemons.

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>Subject: Re: Pam/Mimi

>Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2006 09:26:32 -0700 (PDT)

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>Patty,

> That is cute... I know what you mean about sometimes just not being in

>the mood for the " lines " . I had a lady in a grocery store once ask me

>(Lauryn was only around 4 at the time) if the doctors knew " how retarded "

>she would be, and that really set me off and I said " Not as retarded as

>you. " and walked away... First, I HATE the " r " word, but I don't even

>think she was ignorant... I think she was just plain stupid!

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> I know usually people mean well... but we are human too and just have

>those kind of days.

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> Mimi

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>hamburgpatti@... wrote:

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>In a message dated 9/11/2006 10:11:51 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,

>wi_advocate4kids@... writes:

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>I find when people know about Lauryn the first thing they say is " how

>loving

>they are " and that just isn't Lauryn

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>............When people say this, and I get it all the time too -- It

>sounds

>like they are talking about a breed of dogs. Like St. Bernards. One time

>I was just not in the best of moods and didn't feel like dealing with well

>meaning, but ignorant people. And when someone said the " oh, they're so

>loving

>aren't they " line -- I responded with " yeah, but they drool a lot " , and I

>said have a good day and walked away feeling really good.

>Patty

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