My sons also intellectually disabled Pops, must say I don’t use the words spastic or retard ever, in saying that those words have been around in conversation my whole life and I don’t think most mean to offend,Friends of mine use to use them probably a bit to frequently, but next to never do I hear them in conversation now, I never get offended, however the one time my son was referred to as a retard I saw red. I think in my own head it’s a cheap shot to use the word and though Caddy has no excuse what so ever , he most likely didn’t mean to offend the handicapped people in society.
Proudly I can say my son does not let his disability get in his way in anyway, his speech is poor and at times difficult to understand, so when he makes conversation he gets two types of responses , one people pay him the respect he deserves and they do there best to communicate with him and he appreciates that greatly, there’s a few Prenders who make his day just by listening to what his got to say, then there’s the other type of person who it’s just way too hard to understand for them and they can’t be bothered giving him the time of day, he picks up on that attitude pretty quick and you can see in his eyes him saying “ well *smile* you then”
Though like any kid life can be hard, an my boy is pretty fortunate, however yes he is limited in what he may be able to do , there’s a lot less fortunate out there and each time I go to his school and see all the kids in wheel chairs and with walking frames it’s a great reminder how lucky we are to be “ normal”
Good on Cadds for making a public apology , hopefully a couple less use the terms this week.
is what they tell themselves
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