Originally Posted by
ILoveToQuilt
Not to put a damper on this thread, but this is not a "child's" original story. It was printed in a newspaper about 10 years ago and was written by an adult. At first read (years ago) I thought it was cute, but sorry, it really isn't. JMO
Exactly. And as the father of an autistic-spectrum son, now 44 yrs old, I read this so-called "cute" story and was immediately thrown back to all the times he was taunted, bullied and beaten by other kids and even so-called adults, who were taught by stupid adults that so-called "retarded" kids were fair game for that kind of treatment. Words hurt, people, and sometimes they kill...
Anyone who uses the words "retard" or "retarded" to refer to any person is either uneducated, unfeeling and/or unthinking. Sorry, that's the way I feel about it...