Ending the R-word

In my opinion, the R-word is considered the way of racial slurs by most people nowadays. It seriously hurts people that  have intellectual disability. Though every one of us knows it is a demeaning word. On this point, intellectual disability still carries a subconscious cultural taboo which attaches to the word used to describe it. Obviously, the R-word is different from other words about disability.

"It starts with thinking about a word, but I want it to translate into the way people treat others with disabilities," Seidman said.
I agree with her. I think even if we translate this word into another word, the most important thing is to change the view to intellectual disability by us.

The bill changed the terms "mental retardation" to "intellectual disability" and "mentally retarded individual" to "individual with an intellectual disability." This shift made the terms more consistent with language already used by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the United Nations, and the White House. Currently, 43 states have passed similar legislation or have similar bills pending, according to the Special Olympics.
But policy is just one part of the strategy. The much larger goal targets social stigma and negative perceptions surrounding people with intellectual disabilities.

If the R-word is banned, it is still a English word, primarily, we should change the way that we use it and think of it.