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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Students have used it as a slur for at least a few decades. I have worked in multiple school systems over many years and don't know any school staff that doesn't say it out "Special Ed", probably for that reason. [/quote] This was a derogatory slur when I was in ES in the 1960s. Hard to believe that people don’t know this. [/quote]+1. It was a slur when I was in school in the 1980’s! Kids would just call them ‘speds. But, it was not really including the over labeled and over studied kids of today who are diagnosed ADHD and ASD left and right who are super highly functional.[/quote]
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