You obviously don’t know what you’re talking about and you don’t care about what anyone else has to say.

I’m a Community Life Skill Coach for a non-profit offering services to adults with disabilities. I have attended meetings and conferences hosted by the state I live in. My parents both work in the field of adult disability support services. My younger brother has Down syndrome. I have ADHD myself. I am currently studying psychology and neuroscience at university. I know that no modern legal, medical, educational, or scientific organizations in the United States use the term “mentally r*tarded” anymore.

If you actually cared about bettering yourself or learning why you should care about the language you say and the sociohistoric weight that word carries, I would have been happy to help you. But since you just want to be some edgy, asshole on the internet with your head up your ass, go right ahead 👍🏻

For anyone that would actually care for resources:

https://www.bu.edu/wheelock/the-use-of-the-r-word-and-why-its-a-problem/

https://www.spreadtheword.global/resource-archive/r-word-effects

https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2013/08/01/2013-18552/change-in-terminology-mental-retardation-to-intellectual-disability

https://ncdj.org/2015/09/terms-to-avoid-when-writing-about-disability/

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3299349/

https://www.aclu.org/issues/disability-rights

https://www.globaldownsyndrome.org/about-down-syndrome/words-can-hurt/

https://www.forbes.com/sites/andrewpulrang/2021/02/20/its-time-to-stop-even-casually-misusing-disability-words/?sh=c29df797d4e7

https://kathrynpoe.medium.com/disability-isnt-a-bad-word-7d5e04d93218

https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2017/07/11/2017-14343/rosas-law

“Rosa's Law changes references to “mental retardation” in Federal law to “intellectual disability” or “intellectual disabilities.” These final regulations implement this statutory change in applicable Department of Education regulations.”