The bill passed. Outdated language is officially off the books.
February 28, 2022
Final supporters
Bill number S06793 “Replaces the terms “mentally retarded”, “mental retardation” and variants thereof with “intellectually disabled” and “intellectual disability” (New York State Assembly, n.d.). This policy proposes to change the outdated and offensive terminology to politically correct terms. It simply looks into replacing the terms with more respectful words that are up to date.
This policy’s major intended and anticipated outcomes would be to bring more awareness around the topic of using correct terminology to different populations such as individuals with an intellectual disability. The end goal would be to bring enough awareness to stop these inappropriate terms from being used all together. It would target a large population and help in showing more respect to others. Using correct terminology when talking to someone is important.
Recently there has been a lot of progress towards discouraging these words in conversation. The next step is to change this verbiage in written law and policy. By signing this bill you will help bring awareness to this topic and help to create change!
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December 2, 2021
The momentum behind this change is undeniable. It is time for our laws to reflect basic respect.
Reached 100 supporters
December 2, 2021
6 Comments
really hope this passes. way past time to treat people with some basic respect.
Its about time. Those words are so hurtful and have no place in official laws anymore.
should have been changed years ago. glad to see this moving forward.
thanks for doing this. my brother has special needs and hearing those old terms is just wrong.
LANGUAGE MATTERS. Finally getting rid of that offensive garbage in our state laws.
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The bill passed. Outdated language is officially off the books.
February 28, 2022
Final supporters
Bill number S06793 “Replaces the terms “mentally retarded”, “mental retardation” and variants thereof with “intellectually disabled” and “intellectual disability” (New York State Assembly, n.d.). This policy proposes to change the outdated and offensive terminology to politically correct terms. It simply looks into replacing the terms with more respectful words that are up to date.
This policy’s major intended and anticipated outcomes would be to bring more awareness around the topic of using correct terminology to different populations such as individuals with an intellectual disability. The end goal would be to bring enough awareness to stop these inappropriate terms from being used all together. It would target a large population and help in showing more respect to others. Using correct terminology when talking to someone is important.
Recently there has been a lot of progress towards discouraging these words in conversation. The next step is to change this verbiage in written law and policy. By signing this bill you will help bring awareness to this topic and help to create change!
Link to more information on this Bill:
Updates
December 2, 2021
The momentum behind this change is undeniable. It is time for our laws to reflect basic respect.
Reached 100 supporters
December 2, 2021
6 Comments
update the books already. keep up with the times.
really hope this passes. way past time to treat people with some basic respect.
Its about time. Those words are so hurtful and have no place in official laws anymore.
should have been changed years ago. glad to see this moving forward.
thanks for doing this. my brother has special needs and hearing those old terms is just wrong.
LANGUAGE MATTERS. Finally getting rid of that offensive garbage in our state laws.
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update the books already. keep up with the times.