@SFdirewolf: @ACLU @DisabilityMap @NCDJ_ASU. Hey ACLU, your blog’s headline uses the term ‘mentally retarded.’ Language matters https://ncdj.org/style-guide/
Author: DMAP
HEALTHCARE STORIES is a new video advocacy tool in DREDF’s ongoing campaign for healthcare justice for people with disabilities.
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Vic Finkelstein Tribute
The passing of a legend: a tribute to Vic Finkelstein
From Crippen’s Blog on Disability Arts Online
His political activism turned from apartheid to disability rights
From The Guardian:
“The political activist and campaigner Vic Finkelstein, who has died aged 73, was deported from South Africa for his support of the anti-apartheid movement.
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Language Matters
By Julia Epstein, November 24, 2009
[...] On November 17, 2009, Senators Barbara Mikulski (D-MD) and Michael Enzi (R-WY) introduced a bill they named Rosa’s Law that would replace the phrase “mental retardation” with “intellectual disability” in all Federal policy references.
This development follows the protests around the word “retard” repeated in the 2008 film Tropic Thunder and a campaign by the Special Olympics to get people to stop using “the R-word.”
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Meeting News Producers
Submitted by Simon Minty October 9, 2009
[...] In September D-MAP took the next big step and as the current Chair of the Media Advisory Committee, I met with some major US news networks. For as long as I can remember, disability has rarely been seen as a subject that is cool and sexy; however, television and media are seen as cool and sexy.