I don't call them special, I was quoting the author of the post. The word "retarded" has always been a horrible word in my mind, even before it became something not considered politically correct. As I said, I work with these people who are "retarded", and some of them aren't "slow", as you put it. They don't grasp things slower than other people, they just grasp them in a different way, not a slower or less superior one. "Retarded" is used for any child (or adult) who doesn't think exactly the same way we do. That's wrong. Just because someone is different doesn't mean they should be tarred with the same brush as everyone else who happens to be different!
Is it normal to not want to have retarded children
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I don't call them special, I was quoting the author of the post. The word "retarded" has always been a horrible word in my mind, even before it became something not considered politically correct. As I said, I work with these people who are "retarded", and some of them aren't "slow", as you put it. They don't grasp things slower than other people, they just grasp them in a different way, not a slower or less superior one. "Retarded" is used for any child (or adult) who doesn't think exactly the same way we do. That's wrong. Just because someone is different doesn't mean they should be tarred with the same brush as everyone else who happens to be different!
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