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[-] TexasDrunk@lemmy.world 21 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I'm sure the ad is real, although I don't know it for a fact. It is still a real organization, though the name changed 30ish years ago. It was between 10 and 15 years ago that Obama signed Rosa's law, changing the words in federal law to "mental disability" or "an individual with an intellectual disability".

Remember, there was a time when that wasn't a pejorative term. It was a diagnosis. The way people used the word to "other" those with disabilities is what made it pejorative. Prior to that it was a neutral term.

A lot of terms used to make fun of intelligence used to be a diagnosis, like idiot and imbecile. That's really neither here nor there, but I find it interesting how mental medical diagnoses become insults but physical ones don't. I've never had someone yell "you play baseball like a paraplegic!" at me.

Edit: I was wrong and have been corrected. See below.

[-] sentient_loom@sh.itjust.works 8 points 10 months ago

I think "cripple" is considered pejorative, though I don't know if it was ever a medical term.

[-] sangriaferret@sh.itjust.works 5 points 10 months ago

Spazz is a pejorative term derived from spasticity.

[-] doofy77@aussie.zone 4 points 10 months ago

Also a great band if you're into powerviolence.

[-] sangriaferret@sh.itjust.works 3 points 10 months ago

I am and you are correct.

[-] TexasDrunk@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

I didn't know that!

[-] Malfeasant@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago
[-] TexasDrunk@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

Shit, that's another one I forgot about. And the delivery was well played.

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