[MWestMom]

As a former teacher of truly special ed children, developmentally disabled became a kind of hodgepodge of ailments, most usually applied to boys who couldn't sit still or concentrate or play nicely and really really needed medication because their families/teachers couldn't handle them and their rowdy behaviors.

Sorry about the rant, but I have a real sore spot about that term and how it was used to zone out our boys and lead them from an early age into our drug culture.

[penelopesire]

Not only that, but some parents actually work very hard to get their kids labeled as such because they can get government money. I have a friend who worked in social services for years and she told me that. Some of these kids are perfectly fine(or were).....but lousy parent gets a check if they are mentally disabled.

Our country is going down the crapper.

[KansasGirl]

I figured it was something like that.