The U.S. House of Representatives has passed legislation to remove the terms mentally retarded and mental retardation from federal laws, to be replaced with “intellectually disabled/disabilities.” The bill, already approved by the Senate and sent to the president, is called “Rosa’s Law”, for Rosa Marcellino, a 9-year-old from Maryland with Down syndrome.
A version of this article appeared in the October 06, 2010 edition of Education Week as ‘Intellectual Disability,” Not ‘Retardation’
