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Texas Considers Banning the Word "Retarded" in Official State Business

Texas State Senator Judith Zaffirini, a Democrat from Laredo...

Filed under: intellectual disability, mental disability, Texas, down syndrome, special olympics, legislation, retardation, language, retarded
Mother Determined to Help Son with Down Syndrome Find a Lover; Says, "What I Want is the Same Thing Other All Mothers Want for Their Sons."

Otto Baxter, like most 21-year-old single men, is looking for...

Filed under: intellectual disability, parenting, motherhood, developmental disability, down's syndrome, prostitution, sex, down syndrome, otto baxter, lucy baxter, love, dating and disability
Texas Residential Facility Investigated for Organizing "Fight Club" Among Patients

Admissions to the Corpus Christi State School, a publicly funded...

Filed under: intellectual disability, abuse, developmental disability, institutions, Texas, institutional abuse, caregiver abuse
Company Paid Developmentally Disabled Men Approximately $65/month

An Iowa company that employed men with developmental disabilities...

Filed under: intellectual disability, developmental disability, exploitation, disabilism, disability abuse, atalissa, slavery, bunkhouse, iowa, henry's turkey service, slave labor
Texas Man to Serve 20 Years For Sexually Assaulting Disabled Women

James Owen Spurlock , the Texas man who recently confessed sexually...

Filed under: news, intellectual disability, mental disability, abuse, developmental disability, rape, institutions, Texas
Man Charged with Hate Crime for Deceiving Woman with Mental Disability, Stealing Thousands from Her

A man who convinced a woman with a mental disability that he...

Filed under: intellectual disability, mental disability, psychiatric disability, hate crime, disabilism, crime, psychic, theft
Man with Mental Disability Beaten and Tortured; Four Men Charged

Justin Hamilton, 24, was lured from his home and tortured over...

Filed under: discrimination, intellectual disability, mental disability, abuse, developmental disability, hate crime, jonathon michael diepold, justin hamilton, disabilism, assault, fetal alcohol syndrome, beating
Man with Disability Re-Opens Lawsuit Over Police Abuse, Lampshade "Lie Detector" Test

Huey Granger, 46, has re-opened a federal lawsuit against two...

Filed under: lawsuit, learning disability, Huey Granger, human rights, police abuse, civil rights, intellectual disability, dyslexia, mississippi, mental disability

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