Today is Spread the Word to End the Word Day. Started by the Special Olympics organization, it’s a campaign to stop people from using the words retarded or retard in reference to people with special needs or abilities. Today, Ellen Seidman, whom I’ve mentioned before is sharing a video of her son Max to help demonstrate the impact of using those words. She also outlines a Twitter project she conducted a while back that inspired me to reply to one of my friends on Twitter (a real friend, not a Twitter/Facebook “friend”) and ask him not to use that word anymore. I felt powerful doing that.
So please, take a minute to watch this and help Spread the Word to End the Word.
CT Working Moms 
Thank you for passing this along! Good to know.
Good for you for asking your friend to refrain! Way to go, Mama.
Thank you for sharing this!!!