re: Is The Word "Retarded" Offensive?

I know. That's the point. I never considered that an offensive or hurtful word. And I guarantee the kid who said it wasn't intending to be mean. It's a descriptor. Like "the boy with blonde hair." He was hurt and he will be again. The people you have to watch out for are not the assholes who blatantly make fun of the disabled. Everyone knows they're assholes. It's the people who don't realize they're being jerks. Like, when we go someplace and he's in his wheelchair full grown adults walk up to me and ask "what's wrong with him?" In front of him. That's a dick move. And they don't even realize they're demeaning him 1) by ignoring the fact that he's a person and can speak and hear and 2) by thinking that it's any of their business why he's in a wheelchair.