“Retarded”: no more.

Retarded–no more. Sept. 22, 2010 The US House of Representatives has unanimously approved a bill to replace the term “mental retardation” and “mentally retarded” with “intellectual disability” and “individual with an...

What do you do?|The Case of the Lourdes Water

photo credit: Lawrence OP What do you do when someone wants to cure your child with Lourdes Water or the “laying on of the hands”? True Story “Where’s Aaron?” my mother asked while I was still putting the phone to my ear. I explained Aaron was at his house and we...

Government| Capital Insider for 3-14-11

photo credit: Leonard Chien WE THE PEOPLE…. Each week the Arc (formerly, the Association for Retarded Citizens) reports on what is happening in Washington, DC. The Arc monitors the public policy and legistlative process so that it may advocate for people with...

Bulletin Board|The Climb and Wrightslaw

photo credit: Okinawa Soba BULLETIN BOARD  The Climb: New Theme Song for our blog Attention all music lovers:  Pastor Snoopi Botten and Blake Roberts have added their magic digitalized effects to The Climb, (click on link). Blake suggested this song become the Theme...

Definitions of “Retarded”

When President Obama signs Rosa’s Law, it is going to change some of the language and cultural issues about using the words, “retarded” and “mental retardation.” In the previous post we talked about the Google keywords that pop up with...