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Yes, you see a lot of children with mental retardation being relabeled as
having a learning disability. It gets confusing.
beth T. the OT
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From: St. John's University Cerebral Palsy List
[mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of BG Greer, PhD
Sent: Saturday, September 28, 2002 11:43 AM
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Subject: Re: Fibromyalgia
In a message dated 9/28/02 7:29:06 AM, [log in to unmask] writes:
>it's his opinion that maybe parents
>are wanting to get away from the CP label and latch onto something else
>that seems less negative to them.
I have seen this in other areas, such as mental retardation. Terms gradually
get into everyday parlance, become stigmatizing, and so folks search and
come
up with a new term. Could this be happening with "spastic vs. dystonia"?
Just
a rhetorical question.
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