EOB: Bill Removes ‘Idiot’ Language

After Idaho hosted the Special Olympics World Winter Games last year, Sen. Les Bock (pictured), D-Boise, said he was startled when reading through an Idaho statute to see outmoded terminology like “mentally retarded,” “mentally deficient” and even “lunatic” and “idiot.” Bock said, “I think it made all of us a little more sensitive with respect to some of the language we use with regard to people with intellectual disabilities.” So he asked the Legislative Services Office to do a search of state law, and found lots of such wording/ Betsy Russell , Eye On Boise. More here . And: Idaho Reporter version

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Question: Can you think of any other such terms that should be eliminated from  Idaho statute (or every day language for that matter)?