people saying "[insert type of hatred here] is a sign of low IQ/low intelligence" no.... that is just ableism.
This is Anti-IDD!
Yeppers, very ableist and we have better words to use such as arrogant.
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people saying "[insert type of hatred here] is a sign of low IQ/low intelligence" no.... that is just ableism.
This is Anti-IDD!
Yeppers, very ableist and we have better words to use such as arrogant.

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Why the r-word is a slur and isn't comparable to words like "idiot"
I just got an uninformed comment on a recent ask saying "the r-word isn't a slur" with a link to an article - this is it - it is someone's personal piece, it isn't based in fact and makes claims that the special olympics doesn't explain how the r-word "is any more hurtful or bullying than 'intellectually disabled'." - so I will also be explaining those differences here.
The R-word Directly Refers To Those With IDDs
The R-word has been used in medical texts into the 2000s in reference to Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. It lacks the degree of separation from those with IDDs that much more juvenile insults such as "idiot, moron, and stupid" would hold. In short, the R-word as a slur has direct references to those with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities.
With That Established, What Differentiates Calling Someone The R-Word Compared To Calling Them Intellectually Disabled?
The simple answer is both evolution of language, and context. In the US during the 2010s, medical texts evolved from using the r word as a term, into using "Intellectual Disability", the reasoning behind this is that the R-word was taken away from its medical usage into the hands of non Intellectually Disabled individuals to be used as an insult against those with Intellectual Disabilities. Due to the context of the R-word being turned derogatory to directly reference those with Intellectual Disabilities, the term's usage in medical texts evolved to have a word that was not being used to insult people. This doesn't mean that "Intellectual Disabled" cannot and has not been used in derogatory manners, it just means that it lacks the derogatory background of the R-word.
A Brief History of The R-word
The R-word means "to hinder, delay, slow", now in the previous point I mentioned how evolution of language led to the removal or the R-word from medical texts. In the 19th-20th centuries, words like "imbecile, moron, idiot" were used professionally in medical texts both for those with IDDs and low intelligence; however, these words would in these early years also be used derogatorily, thus the R-word would be adopted. Now, as mentioned with the previous point, the R-word would turn derogatory, and with its specific ties to being used for those with IDDs, it would be replaced with Intellectual Disability. Even if the R-word was used less derogatively, it would have deeply rooted ties to psychiatric practices within the 20th century, practices that were often abusive, degrading, and/or prejudiced, adding onto the word being used to harm rather than help. Disabled is more neutral than the R-word, it lacks the abusive and derogatory ties the R-word has, again, this isn't to say that disabled as a term cannot and has not been used offensively, but it lacks the very deeply ingrained ableism within the R-word.
Sources: https://www.specialolympics.org/stories/impact/why-the-r-word-is-the-r-slur, https://thearc.org/blog/the-r-word-why-language-matters-and-how-we-can-do-better/, https://www.npr.org/2026/04/29/nx-s1-5802941/the-worrisome-return-of-the-r-word, https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2013/08/01/2013-18552/change-in-terminology-mental-retardation-to-intellectual-disability, https://www.aadmd.org/r-word-statement, https://arcmorris.org/the-r-word
when our then-partner went through all the webnovels we were reading and made us stop reading ones that dealt with more mature/dark topics because "you can't process that kind of stuff" (complex and/or unhealthy relationships and morally grey characters). we can!! we need to think about it a lot sometimes or it takes longer to figure out what's going on but we should be able to read what we want!
i don't. exactly know if we have an intellectual disability (we do have developmental i don't know if that's related or the same. or if we have intellectual and developmental?), but they told us we did (in exactly those words, and in many implied actions, and in a lot of things they said about how capable we were) and whether we do or not i think saying that we're not allowed to read mature content because we're disabled and can't tell what's right or wrong is um. bad.
we aren't with them anymore. for a lot of reasons but especially things like this.
this is Anti-IDD!
Even if you may not have an IDD, the rhetoric they pulled affects many people w/IDDs! And the way that your then partner was using IDDs to excuse that behavior is awful! I'm sorry for that anon. I'm glad you're not with them anymore.
General IDD Flag
Hi hello, I after making my IDDgender and Borderline Intellectual Disability flag. Decided to make a general IDD flag for my community.
The 1st four stripes represent the severity labels
First Stripe - Profound Intellectual Disability
Second - Severe Intellectual Disability
Third - Moderate Intellectual Disability
Fourth - Mild Intellectual Disability
Fifth, the Middle Stripe - Represents borderline intellectual disability, but as well others included under IDDs.
Sixth - Represents individuality within our community and the IDD experience.
Seventh - Represents expression, fellowship, and community!
Eighth - Represents passion, power, and action
Ninth - Represents health, how our considerations should be taken and acknowledged by those around us. As we too, deserve a voice in our wants and needs.
Note - Made by person with Borderline Intellectual Disability
Credit for ID/Alt text - @i-eat-rusty-nails
Whitney from Pokémon has IDD!
Requested by? @postmanic

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Blog Introduction
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Hi, welcome. Same person who handles @this-is-anti-idd and @your-fave-has-idd! Now with a third blog!
You can call me Kirby or Mod Kirby. Whenever referring to i please use it/its and masculine terms!
This blog allows inboxing and tagging on posts of the intellectual disability experiences! Where you can share positive, negative, solidarity, and more!
Not everything has to be related to IDDs, for example it can just be art pieces and creative works made by those within the IDD community! Showing that, we are people of variety.
Since @/this-is-anti-idd focuses on the ableism our folk experience, I thought why not have more positivity? Such as how we do with the @/your-fave-has-idd blog!
Thank you for reading and i do hope people share their experiences!
Note - Please do not ask us to armchair diagnose you. We are just a person with an IDD who just wants to help create a community and not a medical professional.
Flag used for the account is by @forget-us-all, its general IDD flag.
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