ND schools fight against slur on intellectually disabled
March 5, 2013 at 6:00 pm in The Dickinson Press
GRAND FORKS Red River High School graduate Erin Baumann, 31, stood before hundreds of Valley Middle School students Tuesday and told them what happens when the word “retard” is used. Continue Reading
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Lots of stuff in that big book we don’t use in this day and age if we want to be considered kind. “Cretin” is in there as well, but thankfully we’ve abandoned that one too.
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Retarded people don’t belong in a public school setting in the general school population. They are what they are and aren’t going to develop in the same way as the rest of the student population. They are pushed through at the expense of the rest of the class. If they are “intellectually disabled” that is an affirmation of the fact that they aren’t going to develop at a normal pace. They need to be given opportunities they can handle in a setting that is appropriate for them.
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Been there, done that. And it resulted in hell holes that warehoused our disabled children with inadequate staffing and cruel family policies that took children away from their families. Those who do not remember history are bound to repeat it. You recommendation is beyond foolish.
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My wife worked at the state hospital in Fergus Falls as well as in public schools dealing mostly with the retarded. I’m going by her experiences. She worked at the state hospital with many of the profoundly retarded who were put there by their families who couldn’t control them. Nowhere in my comment did I say anything about warehousing them. All I’m saying is the retarded don’t belong in general school classes for the non-retarded because it brings the top down not the bottom up. Your assertions are nonsense.
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