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"R word" to vanish from SC state law?
Posted: 05.20.2011 at 10:53 AM
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COLUMBIA, SC -- What advocates for those with mental disabilities refer to as "the R word" is about to excised from state law.

A bill - replacing the term "mental retardation" with "intellectual disability" and the term "mentally retarded" with "persons with intellectual disabilities" - has passed the state Senate and is headed to the floor of the S.C. House without opposition.

Click here to read The State's report.

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SC lawmakers are considering striking the word "retard" and all variations of it from state laws. "Mental retardation" would be replaced with "intellectual disability" and the term "mentally retarded" replaced with "persons with intellectual disabilities." Do you think this is the right move or an example of too much political correctness?

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