2006-12-07 00:19:43 · 9 answers · asked by blingbling 1 in Health ➔ Other - Health
Well, it already has been changed. We don't use the term mental retardation except in a diagnosis from a doctor. The correct term used now is developmentally disabled.
2006-12-07 00:22:23 · answer #1 · answered by d.a.f.f.y. 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
PC is ridiculous. All these terms eventually become 'tainted' by being used abusively or just because the subject they describe is seen as distasteful by people. So they have to bring in more and more ridiculous euphemisms.
Mental retardation means literally slowness of mental development, and perfectly describes the condition.
A disabled person is in fact 'handicapped'. That term in particular describes perfectly what it is like to be disabled. It means that you have an extra burden to carry, a burden that can in fact be overcome by developing your mental or physical strength. Exactly what a handicap is.
In my view PC often conceals the opposite of what it promotes. I have heard the proponents of using racially innocuous terms actually expressing a kind of inverted racism.
That's the long, discursive answer. The short answer is 'no'.
2006-12-07 08:31:06 · answer #2 · answered by langdonrjones 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In Canada we have so many politically correct sayings and I believe the term we used for Mental Retardation is Mentally Challenged.
2006-12-07 08:29:15 · answer #3 · answered by No one 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't see what purpose it would serve...If you are worried about the negative way "retard" is used as an insult, changing the name would just mean people had a new word to use to insult others.
2006-12-07 08:23:36 · answer #4 · answered by Donna M 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I believe it has been changed for quite awhile now.....they use, mentally challenged, mentally impaired, developmentally impaired and also another word that I do not like, mongoloid.
2006-12-07 08:30:33 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
probably----- mentally impaired? but mental retardation is fine and i don't find any problem with the term.
2006-12-07 08:26:05 · answer #6 · answered by samrat m 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes without a doubt i hate the word retarded, retard, or retardation, it just dont sound right , i think it should mentally challenged, or special .....
2006-12-07 08:22:53 · answer #7 · answered by Melindakaye 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You could CALL it anything you want, but they would STILL be retarded!!! It's just the way it is!
2006-12-07 08:29:24 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A rose by any other name is still infact, a rose.
2006-12-07 08:23:20 · answer #9 · answered by Edith Piaf 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋