Flag my post then
How on earth do you come to that conclusion?
Ah. Youâre thinking purely in terms of aggression?
The issue is youâre ascribing idiocy to a section of society, youâve already said you wouldnât do that to a gender or a race, now extend that to people with a muscular disorder.
No, itâs because itâs directed at an individual and is more likely to be taken personally.
I donât think either of us is understanding the other then.
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Is the individual largely helpless to respond? Because thatâs who you are targeting when you go labelling these groups of people as mere swear words.
Well, they shouldnât.
âOh, I only mean it in this specific wayâ is not an excuse for anyone.
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the C double o n word ?
does that make them racist ? or is it ok when black people call other black people that ?
So what are retarded people called now? My neighbour is 50 with the intellect of a 6 year old. Intellectually disabled doesnât seem right, I donât think of him as disabled.
Right of response? It helps, but surely we can agree things are worse when targeted at the individual. I suspect few, or possibly even none of the group would be exposed to the offending item unless highlighted.
Back up a touch. I hope youâre not suggesting that I think itâs ok to label the differently abled such a term.
Heâs all three.
Literally.
Actually, retarded is far more accurate than dis-abled.
But no-one uses disabled as a slur, soâŚ
I guess intellectually challenged is the milquetoast description.
And heâs certainly that.
Edit: come to think of it, intellectually doesnât seem right either.
Developmentally challenged?
What? And deprive Blitz of the joy you bring? Never! 
But thatâs not related to using various words as a generic slur: essentially you are saying âyou suck because youâre as bad as others with a [generally unavoidable] illness/injuryâ.
I appreciate the effort, but thereâs a theme there, and itâs that none of the preferred descriptions are one word.
Referring to a differently abled person as âhandicapableâ in a sincere way seems condescending.
Also, do people with paraplegia take offense to the term âparaplegic?â
Depends on if heâs disabled.
I hear a lot of people refer to people with ASD as Neural Diverse for example. I guess trying to frame any potential challenge in a positive way rather than having a negative catch all.
You have to assume that âpeople diagnosed with autismâ will be next.
And âon the spectrumâ will be looked down on.
That still doesnât make it right to use those phrases as an insult. Donât think Iâm jumping onboard your bandwagon here.
My cousin has severe autism, and my aunty & uncle who do lots of work with autistic people, say he is âautisticâ. Iâm pretty sure that is the medical term for what he has.
You so are
Very clear difference.
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These were all medical terms.
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