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Originally Posted by sa226
It's anecdotal of course, but I witnessed the parents of a child with downs syndrome get extremely upset in a parent/school administration meeting, when another parent used the word in the manner that everyone here wants to use it.
I was pretty neutral on its usage before that, after witnessing how upset they were, I don't think I've said it since.
Weird crusade to try and bring back a word that can upset people to that extent.
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Well yeah, but that's totally different. Why would you use anything other than professional language in that context?