Calling someone an idiot or claiming there is a widespread learning disability that makes most people idiots is pretty ableist. If they're wrong, or they're jerks, that's probably the thing you should focus your commentary on.

Idiot is a slur that implies some degree of learning, intellectual, or developmental disability, and is often used to other non-disabled people by painting them as having such a disability. This cements the mental habit of treating such a disability as a form of inferiority, and of dismissing the views of those who are perceived as having such a disability. You are tearing down a whole group of marginalized people who are innocent bystanders when you use a word for them as an insult for others.

It's the slightly less offensive sibling of the r word. Please don't use it. Focus on behaviors, not abilities.

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#Introduction With Artisan-Chat shutting down, I needed a new home on Mastodon. I'm a retired #art & #drama teacher residing in Northern Ontario, Canada. Since retirement, I founded a #CommunityTheatreGroup for #SpecialNeedsActors. Our troupe includes: #Autism, #DownSyndrome, #DevelopmentalDisability, #ADHD, #Deaf & #wheelchair

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hi everyone. i am a presenter at the #NCILconference #NCILconference2023

gonna be talking about why its important for #CentersForIndependentLiving
to be lead by #Disabled people. #NothingAboutUsWithoutUs. as well as the importance of leadership in #DisabilityRights spaces by people with #IntellectualDisability and #DevelopmentalDisability

if you'd like to chat hmu. i'd love to connect!

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Here are some track plans I've been refining from a couple of reference books, modified for #Nscale and #Zscale using #XtrackCad software. These #modelrailroad (s) will eventually visit those with #autism #braininjury and others with #developmentaldisability. The 3rd photo is a scale comparison, and also my first Z scale turnout, mid build. OMG This trackwork is SMALL

Any other caregivers out there who care for their adult siblings with intellectual/developmental disabilities?

For Over A Decade This Non-Profit Has Been Devoted To Nurturing Limitless Creative Opportunities For Individuals With Developmental Disabilities #DevelopmentalDisability #Arts

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