As the director of a small agency, the Oklahoma Developmental Disabilities Council, I know words and language have great significance. We write contracts using specific language to ensure we get what we pay for. We base eligibility for services on very specific words — the right words on applications for services. There is other language […]
R-word
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The R-word
Erin Taylor and her son Henry Credit: Mark Hancock It was just another word she or her family may have used or heard. Today, as she raises a 10-year-old son with a cognitive disability, she’s teaching her four other children — and herself — just how much the word means. “Was I always that mother? […]