Sunday, April 21, 2013

Campaign to End 'R-Word' Spreading


Greg Falk was in a department store in the Spokane Valley Mall a few years ago, waiting in line at a cash register situated near a display of dresses. A woman, who looked to be in her early 20s, pulled a dress off the rack and said, “Oh, this dress is so retarded.”Falk, executive director of The Arc of Spokane, an advocacy and service organization for people with disabilities, didn’t say anything.But he would today.

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