'Retard' a painful word for mother of daughter with Downs
(Newser) -
Patricia E. Bauer suffers every time her Downs syndrome daughter hears the word "retard." When Bauer saw ads for
Tropic Thunder, which jokes about retardation, they echoed every insult that her blond, blue-eyed daughter had endured for 24 years
. After weeks of debate, Bauer remains stunned by ads...
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