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I have personally used labels when referring to students with a disability, and know that is something we, as educators, should be at the forefront to dissipate. Many of us have used phrases like “the girl with Down syndrome,” or “the autistic boy,” but when we do that we are labeling that person has something wrong with them, or that they are largely different that other people. Jennie Fenton likened that thinking process as asking someone “When did you find out you were bald? What is is like being bald? Do you have problems getting a job? Do you live at your parents’ house, or do you live in a home for the bald?” (TEDTalks, 2014). This thought process resonated greatly within me. I would never think to ask these questions or even feel the need to ask them to a person whom has less hair than someone else. So, why would I think or treat someone with a disability differently, or even believe they should be segregated or excluded from every aspect life has to

The world can be cruel and unkind to those who aren't deserving. Children and adults affected with a physical or mental handicaps may not understand that people are being malicious towards them. Just because

Many people may say one is a retard without knowing the truth behind the actual word. Intellectual Disability, also known as Mental Retardation, is a very serious psychological disorder that few are faced with for life. Intellectual Disability is characterized by a below-average level of intelligence (a mental ability) that lacks skills necessary for daily living. An IQ is the standard way to measure the level of intelligence one may have. Roughly 95% of humans have the IQ between 70 and 130. (Meyers and DeWall, 2014). The other five percent are either absolute genius or intellectually disabled. Being intellectually disabled can be caused in many ways

Bauer’s argument is based on emotion which makes it hard for the reader to follow. It is solely an emotional essay. The writer seems to have a very personal stance on the subject. She has raised a daughter with Down syndrome and she has tried so hard to shelter her from the hurtful word “retard.” Emotional essays provide no new ways of looking at the problem. Bauer’s argument was mostly a lot of finger pointing at the movie industry and their lack of compassion when using the word “retard.” Furthermore, the writer expresses society’s lack of compassion for the intellectually disabled community. The writer demonstrates examples of people’s use of this word as a means for expressing careless acts. Bauer states, “A clerk in a store apologizes for being "such a retard" when she can't find an item for me. Ouch. Kids at the mall call one another "you big retard." Ouch. A friend tells a long, involved story at my dinner table about her recent fender bender, with a punch line about "some retard" who parked behind her” (119). Bauer does not argue either of these points but just expresses her feeling about

Choosing a word to describe many different disabilities along with the way they live their lives. Sometimes not even considering the feelings of others, just using the label to not offend themselves. Mairs states,“I don’t care what you call me, so long as it isn’t ‘differently abled,’ which strikes me as pure verbal garbage designed, by its ability to describe anyone, to describe no one” (Mairs). Mairs has no care for the words people call her, she believes they are only protecting themselves. It makes it easier for them to recover if someone got offended. Everyone has a choice what to be called. If Mairs wants to be called crippled, so be it. You’re not her and living the way she has to every

Unfortunately, individuals with a disability typically are more vulnerable in regards to hate crimes. For instance, in the article “The Invisible Hate Crime,” Jack Levin mentions Jennifer Daugherty. Daugherty was a disabled individual who was inhumanly murdered by six people who she thought were her good friends. These “friends” fed Daugherty detergent, beat her with a towel rack, and forced her to write a suicide note among other torturous acts. Disabled persons are stereotypically seen as “different” and “weak” by society. These stereotypes make it easier in a sense to attack these individuals as they have weakened cognitive abilities. Levin also states that “unlike racially and religiously motivated offenses, attacks against people with

Plenty of people suffer because of the word “retarded”, it is extremely offensive and hurtful that it causes individuals to feel different and plays a major role in segregation. The word “retarded” directly insults and abuses people who have a mental illness. The word is always used negatively whether it is used to discriminate or to make fun of someone. The word can also be used in verbal bullying. There is no other purpose for the word “retarded” besides being used to hurt people; the word is only used offensively to hurt people that is why it should not be used.

While saying someone is handicapped might be the socially acceptable thing to do, Mairs argues that it makes no sense, saying that the definition of handicapped is someone deliberately put at a disadvantage, which she sees as absurd because no one has put her in her condition. Maris shows her tone of annoyance by calling words like “handicapped” and “differently abled” as “pure verbal garbage”. Maris hints to the reason of this improper usage of words to the want of making things seem less detrimental as they are. She lists examples of how people refer to countries as “under developing” but not “undeveloped” as a way for society to place hope into something that just isn’t there. Mairs relates this to her cause since her condition will never get better and therefore people should stop avoiding her issue and see her for who she really is. She openly challenges people to call her what she wants to be called, a “cripple”. Maris tells how she sees words such as handicapped as a “hint at the truth”. Mairs tells that society won’t be able to change easily, and she says crippledness will stay in the realm of socially uneasy words just like

Walking down the hallway you may hear someone say something a little outlandish followed with an exasperated, “That’s retarded!” This mundane use of the word “retarded” to replace the word “stupid” or “weird” has become too widely accepted and often not given a second thought. The word retard has transformed from a clinical word used solely by doctors to a word used to describe any and almost everything. Using “retarded” is disrespectful and hurtful in ways those who don’t have any mental disabilities can’t even imagine. The second nature, “slang” use of the word ‘retard’ to express disapproval, or distaste and describe a situation or person (with or without and intellectual disability) is unacceptable, hurtful and needs to be more carefully

Because of a disability, a child may struggle to establish friendships leading them to feel isolated from their peers, this results in the child’s self-confidence being affected and the child struggling to manage their own feelings. As a result this can lead to feelings of depression, self-harm and mental health problems. By not managing their own emotions a child can then lack empathy and be pushed further aside from their peers. A child with a disability may be at a higher risk of being bullied.

People who had ableism had to face challenges, such as a learning disability, being derogatory, or having a hearing disorder. In the classroom many students may struggle with a learning disability. It can affect how an individual learns and being able to understand information. When people think of a disability they may believe it is known as a derogatory rather than a learning or hearing disorder. Some things that derogatory individuals struggle with can be in ways like not being able to walk, or being in a wheelchair, which can make life difficult and a lot easier to give up on life.

There are many forms of mental retardation. Webster’s New World Dictionary defines mental retardation as “a condition, usually congenital, characterized by subnormal intelligence” (Agnes, p404). Mental retardation can be caused by a certain birth defect due to a traumatic event during the mother’s pregnancy, or mental retardation can also be inherited. The most common inherited form of mental retardation is Fragile X Syndrome.

The word retard, in my environment, is not used to degrade someone, but to refer to something as stupid. Even though it can be used in an entirely different and innocent context, retard is a harmful word that should not be used. Words like developmentally disabled is a more accurate way to describe the conditions of such a person. People need to take such caution when saying or writing about individuals with disabilities, as using retard is frankly inappropriate. We need to recognize and respect the people around us with developmental disability issues and work towards eliminating such damaging words like

What makes this type of stigmatization so dangerous is that the news is generally accepted as factually based, when, in reality, a disproportionate amount of broadcasting and newspaper articles are not; they paint the mentally disabled as overtly violent

Merely from knowing that a person is disabled they form wrong opinions about other unrelated characteristics of that person. Like people treat one who is mute as in they are deaf by talking in a high-pitch tone.