On 20/11/2012 3:37 PM, sf wrote:

>> When I involved in therapeutic riding I got tut tutted a few times for
>> using the term "mentally retarded" Excuse the hell out of me, my
>> Honours degree in Psychology was obtained in the 70s when mental
>> retardation was an approved label, and my wife worked at a school for
>> the "trainable mentally retarded". Over the last decade or so the PC
>> label has changed several times. It is as if each knew label is some
>> sort of euphemism that has to be discarded as soon as the public catches
>> on that it means mentally retarded.
>
> That cracks me up too. I live and worked in the original hotbed of PC
> terminology so I know how it goes. When I was working, the terms
> changed so fast my head was spinning. I'd go into a meeting and felt
> like I hadn't gotten "the memo" because I had to figure out new
> terminology from context.
>


It's curious how the handicapped and disabled and their advocates reject
the labels that are applied to their issues, but they sure don't mind
using them to get something. They don't like to be called handicapped or
disabled, but they like those handicapped /disabled parking spaces.