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Jennifer Hoover

R-word and people

Why do people use it r-word
Why do you use r-word?

People are just used to still using it
People don't know that it hurts
People use it in everyday language
Doctors still even use it 

You need to understand
That people with disabilities don't like it
For them it hurts

I don't really like using it
Because people with disabilities are not slow
We are unique, with unique abilities
That we can bring to the workforce
If employers would only give us a chance

Tropic Thunder is the worst movie of all time
One seen they used r-word 18 times
It also makes fun of black people
Movies should not make fun of people at all 

When I first went to my current doctor 
He use that word to Define my disability 
I told them otherwise 

Even using the word idiot 
To describe people with disabilities is wrong 
Because people with disabilities have unique abilities that they can bring to Everyday Life 
In fact if there was no unique disabilities 
Would not this world be boring? 

So, next time 
Think of how using the r-word
to you would feel 

Just looked up sayings from the internet 
A lot of them use that r-word in it 
Which is wrong to describe anybody or anything

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Two people in wheelchair and a person standing next to them.

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