Talk about a hypocritical grandstand! Writer Laeticia Velasquez has a Down Syndrome child. Read her empassioned article on Patheos website here.
Given the choice, I would prefer my daughter to be called a “retard” and know that abortion of babies with Down syndrome had ceased. Early last month President Barack Obama signed a law decreeing that federal statutes must no longer use the term “mental retardation.” The phrase replacing it will be “intellectual disability.” Read the rest of this article here.