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[**'Intellectual **Disability**' Bill Would Replace The Term 'Retarded' In Calif **...****](http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNGSUeh-z24OKRKla9wqaPqzgrV_5g&url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/28/intellectual-disability-bill-replace-retarded_n_1837476.html)
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The terms, which supporters of the bill say are outdated and offensive, would be replaced by "intellectual **disability**" and "person with an intellectual **disability**." The legislation, by Sen. Fran Pavley, D-Santa Monica, passed unanimously in both the **...**
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