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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My husband about fell out of his chair in an IEP meeting in Arlington when the teachers were liberally using the term "sped class" and "sped students." [/quote] Yes. Because it's a descriptive. It's like the stupid parsing of Black, African-American, Native American, American Indian, etc. At some point, people need to stop trying to virtue signal that they're not discriminating and just use the words.[/quote] People who are not members of the group do not get to decide what words are slurs toward that group and what are not. That is not to say that all members of the group will agree, but it isn’t virtue signaling for outsiders to use or avoid words as preferred by most insiders. It does Zero harm to you to stop using certain words; conversely you may cause harm, even if unintentional, by stubbornly sticking with them. There are SO MANY WORDS in the English language. You can find a better one. [/quote]
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