btw, this is a just for posterity thing. The people the OP was referring to fall into a few of the following categories:
- Learning/Intellectual disability
- Cognitive disability
- Emotional disability
- Developmental disability
There are dozens of others, but these are the kinds of disabilities I assume the OP was most referring to.
The people with these disabilities (and all disabilities) have made it very clear that they find the use of the word "handicapped" to be pejorative and condescending, and slightly degrading. That's why you won't see any "handicapped parking" signs anymore (or shouldn't), and instead it's called "accessible parking."
"Retard" is the disabled equivalent to (BAN ME PLEASE) or (BAN ME PLEASE), so I'd highly recommend to refrain from ever saying it around anyone with a disability or someone who is a friend/relative/teacher/acquaintance of someone with a disability lest you face their wrath.
~The more you know~
- Learning/Intellectual disability
- Cognitive disability
- Emotional disability
- Developmental disability
There are dozens of others, but these are the kinds of disabilities I assume the OP was most referring to.
The people with these disabilities (and all disabilities) have made it very clear that they find the use of the word "handicapped" to be pejorative and condescending, and slightly degrading. That's why you won't see any "handicapped parking" signs anymore (or shouldn't), and instead it's called "accessible parking."
"Retard" is the disabled equivalent to (BAN ME PLEASE) or (BAN ME PLEASE), so I'd highly recommend to refrain from ever saying it around anyone with a disability or someone who is a friend/relative/teacher/acquaintance of someone with a disability lest you face their wrath.
~The more you know~