> It made me think of an old Murdoch Mysteries show where someone referred to
> a person as being retarded (was actually autistic). Someone else said that
> it wasn't polite to call them that anymore, they should be called Morons..

Goodness, since moron has a specific definition with a low IQ level
attached, I would think that retarded would have been less offensive. 

> This was supposedly the acceptable norm circa 1924. Personally I always
> thought with truly damaged 'slow' people that retarded was the most correctly
> descriptive term for their condition, but that has moved through several
> evolutions through terms like 'slow' to currently be 'special' if I am up
> to date. That's fine, whatever they want, but it's a bit misleading when
> you don't know in which direction a person might be 'special'.

I think you are up to date.  I also agree it is misleading.  I guess it is
best to be safe and not draw any assumptions until you have met the
'special' person in question.

Mike


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