• flicker@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    This “dementia” bit needs to die. Call him old or stupid but pathologizing to something as severe as dementia hits me the same way as if you called him “removed.”

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        1 year ago

        No, “removed.”

        When people want to call someone dumb so they call them removed. I work with adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities and very much dislike both “dementia” and the word “removed” being weaponized for the same reason.