Remove the R-Slur from Any and All Future Psychology Classes at Our School

Remove the R-Slur from Any and All Future Psychology Classes at Our School

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April 13, 2022
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Started by Grace R

The Psychology class in our school is having students define four separate terms including the R-Slur in the units vocabulary sheet

The diagnoses 'Mentally R******' has been removed and renamed to Intellectual Developmental Disorder in the DSM-5.

The Neurodivergent Community has agreed that the R-slur (wether effected by the used of the slur or not) is cruel and discriminatory to those with Intellectual Developmental Disorder.

It is not used in Law. It is not used in Science. It is not used anywhere. It is a Slur.

Please help end the bulling multiple students face today by eliminating the slur from their Psychology Classes.

Sources for more information Please note that the R-slur is not censored in all media-
Special Olympics - A message from the Special Olympics (An organization that works specifically with individuals with Intellectual Developmental Disorder) on why the R-Slur shouldn't be used anymore.
Federal Register. - Records of the "Rosa Law" passed in 2013, and details regarding the change. 

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