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Mass Legislature passes bill to remove outdated and offensive terms
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Mass Legislature passes bill to remove outdated and offensive terms
Senator Pat Jehlen, with advocates from the Arc of Massachusetts. The Massachusetts Legislature passed a bill that removes outdated and offensive language in the General Laws to describe persons with disabilities last week. The bill, S.2563, removes all variations of outdated terms such as “handicapped,” “disabled,” and the “r-word.” The bill replaces these terms with current terminology, such as “person with a disability.” “Language is constant…
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