• yucandu@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    Well the medical people stopped using it so it only makes sense, yeah.

    Like when they stopped using ‘idiot’ and ‘moron’, those words became socially acceptable to use again.

    Just wait until you hear the kids say “Bro, are you developmentally handicapped?”

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      1 month ago

      They’re already calling each other autistic lol

      Just wait until ‘autistic’ becomes a slur.

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        It already is. I’m autistic and I’ve caught a ban a few times for saying things like “sorry, I’m a little autistic” or “lol my autistic ass” and the mods are like “you cannot use autistic as a slur” and I’m like “motherfucker I am not a slur”.