User blog comment:PullingoffMasks/Mental Health and the Mythos/@comment-9340689-20140107220156/@comment-9340689-20140108213353

Originally retarded was at one point, considered the proper term for a certain group of disabled people. However, it later was used as an insult towards people with Mental ?Disabilities.

Much like "Negro" used to be considered a respectful term for African Americans before people started slurring it into "Nigger" and such.

Also, DUMMY, If you had paid attention to my post, I was saying Autistic should not be used as an insult because many people have been using it as such.

'''BTW I have autism, AND I did an entire report on Autism. You have completely misinterpreted my post.'''

If you look around Youtube, a lot of people are using Autistic as a substitute for "retarded" and when someone stands up to the user for it, the user acts like a dickhead.

Also, Wikipedia previously had a ton of bullcrap about Autism and Asperger's syndrome, so DON'T go to wikipedia.

But more importantly, DON'T GO TO AUTISM SPEAKS!!! They are dirty jerks who portray people with Autism as parasites who ruin their parents lives, and ignore complaints made by people with Autism.