Wow.. I actually haven’t heard anyone ever saying “developmentally delayed” in a conversation yet. LOL That is hilarious.

This reminds me of two problems with arising from the word “Retard” and the many phrases that have been invented to replace it.

1) Kids aren’t stupid. When I was in elementary school, they had replaced “retard” with “mentally handicapped” or something along those lines. But, everyone just used the new phrase as an insult, in the exact same way as they would have used “retard.” It might have confused people for a week or so, but in the end, nothing changed, and they ended up changing the standard work again a few years later.

2) Now, the hip word to refer to child with problems is “developmentally delayed.” The problems is a lot of parents don’t really get what it means. They think “delayed, great, he’ll catch up in a few years.” But really, the kids are going to be behind their peers forever. It cushions peoples emotions at first and then ends up crushing them later.