To the gentleman who took time to write and tell us, “surely,  you must have something better to do”  we would ask, “don’t you?”  To those who send us adolescent graphics depicting messages mocking people with disabilities we would also ask, “why do you hate people with disabilites?”

Its easy to deny a problem, or make fun of it.  People do that every day using the word ‘retard’ as the links and pages on our site readily show but that doesn’t make it right.  The fact is when you use the word ‘retard’ to describe someone or something you think is bad it becomes another thoughtless hurtful word.

Once you know that when used in a thoughtless or spiteful way,  the word ‘retard’ hurts people with disabilites it becomes a choice on your part.  By using it in that manner you are choosing to hurt.

 Now that you know, why would you continue to use it in that way?

The message of this site is very simple.  We tried to write it as simply as we could so it would be easily understandable.  It is so simple in fact that some people do not seem to understand it. 

While mental retardation is not a bad word, when used to describe someone or something you think is bad it becomes another thoughtless hurtful word. People with mental retardation are not bad, their condition is not bad, the prejudice and discrimination to people with mental retardation is BAD…and WRONG!

Please stop using the word ‘retard’, it hurts people with disabilities.