Petition Ban derogatory words to describe people with disabilities

A ban on the use of words such as Spastic,Retard,Retarded,Cripple, that can be deemed as offensive towards people with disabilities

This petition is closed This petition ran for 6 months

24 signatures

Progress of the petition towards its next target: 24 of 10,000 signatures required to get a government response

10,000 signatures required to get a government response

Date closed 9 June 2016
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