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Article: Hey, mister! Is she retarded? (Fathers' Voices)
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- The Exceptional Parent
- Article date:
- April 1, 1995
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"Hey, mister! Is she retarded?" "What?!" "Is she retarded? She sure acts like she's retarded. "
We were on vacation--just a long weekend really. Spending some time at the Iowa Lakes. Just kicking back, relaxing, trying to regroup and recharge. Stacy and I were in the swimming pool, splashing and playing like any other daddy and daughter. We weren't thinking or worrying about the differences our family has learned to live with over the past nine years.
Then along comes this very inquisitive, very straight-forward seven-year-old kid with a question--"Hey, mister! Is she retarded?"
My first reaction was to grab Stacy, get as far away from the pool as ...
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