[stilletto_killers]

I'm writing a reflection paper on mental retardation and I'm just taking a poll of how many people either think the term is wrong or whether it has just gotten a bad stigma. Do you prefer a different term? What's everyone's thoughts?Yes the term mental retardation is still the correct term it is still"politically correct."Please if you feel the need to tell me that it is not the correct term go and look up the information first because you will be wrong.

[Corona]

Mentally Challenged I think is the way it is said now. I don't know...the way they change things I'm afraid to say anything anymore so that I won't offend anyone.

I think that the term is Just fine, but many people have abused it. It has a bad reputation when It simply means that somebody has a learning disability.

Any new term that is picked will eventually also have negative conotations. In the meantime, any new term will be confusing until everyone learns it. My vote would be to stick with the descriptive term that everyone already knows and work on getting some people to be a bit more accepting of others.