I guess I'm the only one on this thread that doesn't think this is at all funny. I'm the mom to a child who has special needs. I can tell you first hand that there is nothing funny about it. What exactly is it about this story that makes anyone want to share it? The fact that a kid mixed up the word retired with retarded? It's so unbelievable that people are laughing away and sharing this, while vulnerable people are asking you to stop using a word that hurts them. Don't any of you have the courage to speak out? Just seems really wrong and I'm surprised to see it here of all places.