The ‘r-word’ centimeter back into the mainstream

The following is an excerpt from the NBC news article “The” R-word “, which is hugged by Joe Rogan and Elon Musk, centimeters back to the mainstream, and describes how the R-word has credited back into the popular lexicon. Athlete and Inclusion Revolution Radio presenter Novie Novie Craven, who provide an important context to the damage caused by the term.

Timothy Shriver, the chairman of Special Olympics International, noticed that the word was used throughout the political spectrum. “People on the right and people on the right have historically treated intellectual disabilities in a subhuman way,” said Shriver.

The return of the word was also particularly hurtful for people with intellectual disabilities.

“It is frustrating, and it puts me beyond the words when I use someone the R-word. This word is not in style; it is hurtful,” said Novie Craven, a special Olympics athlete and moderator of the Podcast “Inclusion Revolution Radio”. “When this word is used, they tell the world that people, people with intellectual disabilities, do not belong to me, cannot achieve or are not worth.”

Craven added: “But you don’t know us. You don’t live our lives. If you do this, you would understand how wrong this word is. You should get to know us before talking about us.”