Do you remember any words from your childhood or teen years that felt like hate language to you?
Johanna wrote:
Read more about "Spread the Word to End the Word" at
Patricia Bauer's website :
... the Special Olympics announced its �Spread the Word to End the Word� effort, with activities scheduled for March 31. The youth-led campaign will be devoted to raising awareness about people with intellectual disabilities, and to calling a halt to the use of the word �retard� as a casual insult.
�Most people don�t think of this word as the language of hate, but that�s exactly what it feels like to millions of people with intellectual disabilities, their families and friends,� said actor John McGinley of the television show �Scrubs.� McGinley is the father of a son with Down syndrome and a spokesman for the event.
Pam W
SE of Seattle
