House to Vote On Replacing “Mental Retardation” with “Intellectual Disability”

By MICHELLE DIAMENT

September 21, 2010

The House of Representatives is expected to vote as early as Wednesday evening on a bill to replace the term “mental retardation” with “intellectual disability” in many areas of federal government.

The legislation known as Rosa’s Law was approved by the Senate in August. Under the bill, terminology would be altered in federal health, education and labor policy.

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