So...It is
"Words Hurt Week" at my school and and the
main topic is the R-Word this morning I did and annoucment
on my expirence of the use of the R-Word...
This is from a personal
experience on the use of the R-word. I have a brother with
autism. He is very low functioning and non-verbal. The day
my Brother was diagnosed was when he was 3; when the doctor
came in and told us he was retarded (or for instance
mentally retarded) and that he had autism. The R-word is
used incorrect everyday whether people know it’s
wrong or not. Every time I hear R-word it’s like a
stab in the heart. Most people don’t know what the
R-word really means but they still use it, because it makes
them seem cool. Please help stop the use of the R-word. You
have no idea how many people this word
impacts.
