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SENATOR MIKULSKI INTRODUCES BILL TO STRIKE TERMS “MENTAL RETARDATION” AND “MENTALLY RETARDED” FROM FEDERAL LAWBOOKS
“Rosa’s Law” honors young girl whose brother said, “… what you call people is how you treat them.”
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Barbara A. Mikulski today introduced “Rosa’s Law,” a bill that will eliminate the terms “mental retardation” and “mentally retarded” [...]

I love celebrating any move to include people with disabilities in the media. There are other people who have trouble with my view that “all inclusive” means the good, the bad, and the odd as well as the awesome. I do agree with them that too often only the bad and the odd images of disabilities [...]