“It was more than words to us,” she said. “We all felt like you cannot separate what you call people from how you treat people. Attitudes have been changing and everybody felt that with a new term, it was a new beginning.”

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/rosas-law-asks-senate-kill-slur-mentally-retarded/story?id=9109319

Oregon:
No more ‘R’ word at FGHS: Students form group to integrate disabled kids at Forest Grove High
http://www.forestgrovenewstimes.com/news/story.php?story_id=125745200471913200

Nevada:
Students Want To Eliminate ‘R’ Word: Volunteers Pledge To Stop Using Word ‘Retarded’
http://www.fox5vegas.com/news/21458892/detail.html

Texas:
Lake Waco Montessori students campaign to eliminate ‘R word’
http://www.wacotrib.com/news/content/news/stories/2009/11/02/11022009wactheRword.html?imw=Y