Question about better alternative name for IDD

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Should Intellectual Developmental Disorders or Disorders of intellectual development be renamed to General Developmental Disorder? Because Intellectual Developmental Disorders or Disorders of intellectual development is like saying R-words. Thoughts?

If Intellectual Developmental Disorders or Disorders of intellectual development are like saying the r-word, it's because the euphemism treadmill marched on. Whatever new term you invent will be subject to the same process.

Ultimately the r-word is only offensive to some because of it's history as medical jargon. Otherwise, it'd just be a technical term for being slowed.

On the contrary.

Everyone knows that "Intellectual blah blah blah" means "ret*d".

So lets just go back to calling it "ret*d".

ret*d itself is a fancy French word meaning "delayed" that was itself a euphemism for "imbecile" and "moron" (those words were actually used a medical labels in the pre war era).

Not sayiing we should go back THAT far and use THOSE words.

But there was nothing wrong with "ret*d". So why not use the word?

Because it's offensive to some people, and in context of how the word can be used as well.

That makes sense. The best thing we can do is try and educate people how to use the words correctly and to reduce stigma overtime.

That makes sense. I feel more informed about it now, thanks!

The word r***** as an insult only gets used on non ID people.

For example a driver deliberately goes through a red light and nearly causes an accident. The other drivers get angry and shout out f***ing r*****

They don’t actually think when they say that that the driver is actually ID just that he’s grossly stupid and did an unintelligent thing.

An analogy would be a mean girl that calls another girl a tramp because she didn’t make a lot of effort with her appearance.

She doesn’t really think she’s living on the streets just used as an insult.

In reality real ID people and those living on the streets tend to be pitted or ignored rather than insulted these days.

There isn't.

"Global Developmental Delay" is technical enough, though not entirely accurate.

Anything else?
Especially when the label has a term 'Intellectual X' in it? (unless the condition is called Intellectual Giftedness, which is the complete opposite of)

No. I don't think there's any nice way to tell someone who has any intellectual disability a better label than just intellectual disability/delay/whatever as long as the context is in the place of judgment and discrimination, and not a fact; of one's life, of one's own strengths and weaknesses or limitations.


I heard elsewhere there's a phase that says "Bless your heart" -- maybe that can be adapted?


Hmph.
Who here wants to reclaim the word/s?

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NO!

Autism and similar childhood-onset disabilities ARE GENERAL DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS (aka pervasive developmental disorders). You can have extremely high IQ and still be severely debilitated mentally, you still can have severe general developmental disorder! General (pervasive) developmental dsiabilities are not about IQ, they are about unsuitability to harsh world (especially as an adult) and being ""weird"" since pre-adolescent age!

I have an obvious general developmental disorder, but my VIQ is definitely above average. Someone with IQ 55 may be more suitable to adult life (for example in areas like making money and social relationships) than someone with IQ 155 and non-intellectual mental handicaps, like ASD or severe personality disorder. In Poland I have financial benefits due to my disability like social pension and care allowance.

In my case, autism is a kind of non-intellectual mental ""reta**ation"".