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In reply to the discussion: Should men be leaders in the feminist movement? [View all]thucythucy
(8,555 posts)the Association for Retarded Children, then the Association for Retarded Citizens (since children do after all grow up) but then the use of "retarded" became an issue in and of itself--actually it was something of an issue from the get-go.
I always thought though that they finessed it rather well--having an organizational memory and culture that went back into the 1950s, wanting to retain their "trademark" as it were, BUT addressing the objections of self advocates to the R word. It's sort of like how ADAPT went from American Disabled for Accessible Public Transit to American Disabled for Attendant Programs Today (I think? It's getting late, my brain is disengaging!)--in this case keeping the acronym as an acronym but shifting the meaning.
I have to get to bed, but it's good comparing notes. I'll check the thread sometime tomorrow to see what develops.
Talk to you then,
Thucy
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