It just gets shortened to disabled. I’ve seen it used countless times as an insult.

I’m pretty sure that “mentally retarded” was the medical term for many decades, before it became cultural lingo. There was something similar for erectile dysfunction too, they used to call you impotent, not exactly a great thing to hear at the doctor’s office.

retarded doesn’t have any more negative meaning than disabled. it’s just about how we use it.

I thought they already changed it to differently abled. As dis-abled implies they can’t do something, when differently implies they can do things, yet they may just do it in another manner.

i wish you were right :( citing experience haha