The intent behind the words

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• Hindu American Foundation
• Aseem Shukla

1. Q: Advocacy groups for people with intellectual disabilities are campaigning to end use of the word 'retard' or 'retarded.' What do you think of their initiative? "Intrauterine growth retardation" is benign medical phraseology, but the suffix of mental to "retardation" is not. "Crippling disease" is an acceptable description, but calling one a "cripple" is not. I call myself "brown," but "black" is more than a concentration of melanin in the ... (Read Full Article)

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