https://padlet.com/kippienguyen/n8dln6wynperr9iv why you shouldn't say it + info about the word! en-us 2021-11-02 22:09:39 UTC 2024-07-25 22:02:03 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f50a.png kippienguyen https://padlet.com/kippienguyen/n8dln6wynperr9iv/wish/1862930090 The R-word is a form of hate speech that stands for “rxtard,” “rxtarded,” or other offensive words ending in “-tard.” While “mental rxtardation” was originally introduced as a medical term in 1961 for people with intellectual disabilities, in the decades since, the R-word has become an insult used all too commonly in everyday language. Those who use the R-word often do so with little regard for the pain it causes people with intellectual disabilities—and the exclusion it perpetuates in our society.
SOURCE: https://www.specialolympics.org/stories/impact/why-the-r-word-is-the-r-slur]]> 2021-11-02 22:19:40 UTC https://padlet.com/kippienguyen/n8dln6wynperr9iv/wish/1862930090 kippienguyen https://padlet.com/kippienguyen/n8dln6wynperr9iv/wish/1862932715 It mocks the disabled community, also puts a bad spin on how people should see disabled people. The word "rxtarded" is mostly spoke when something is stupid or dumb. You and I both know.. Disabilities aren't stupid or dumb. Neither is it's people..]]> 2021-11-02 22:21:51 UTC https://padlet.com/kippienguyen/n8dln6wynperr9iv/wish/1862932715 kippienguyen https://padlet.com/kippienguyen/n8dln6wynperr9iv/wish/1862935620 ONLY people with
Down Syndrome, Autisim, Cerebral Palsyfragile x Syndromeprader-willi syndrome (PWS), Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) can reclaim the r-slur. If you are not part of that community, you should never ever use it.]]> 2021-11-02 22:24:08 UTC https://padlet.com/kippienguyen/n8dln6wynperr9iv/wish/1862935620 kippienguyen https://padlet.com/kippienguyen/n8dln6wynperr9iv/wish/1862937529 It causes harm to people who have disabilities, people with family members with disabilities. You do not want to cause harm to someones feelings do you? Let's unite to end the word! ]]> 2021-11-02 22:25:35 UTC https://padlet.com/kippienguyen/n8dln6wynperr9iv/wish/1862937529