Comment from Alexander, Julie, IndependenceFirst

Document ID: SSA-2012-0066-0009
Document Type: Public Submission
Agency: Social Security Administration
Received Date: January 29 2013, at 12:00 AM Eastern Standard Time
Date Posted: January 29 2013, at 12:00 AM Eastern Standard Time
Comment Start Date: January 28 2013, at 12:00 AM Eastern Standard Time
Comment Due Date: February 27 2013, at 11:59 PM Eastern Standard Time
Tracking Number: 1jx-83ds-pu0q
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This is comment on Proposed Rule

Changes in Terminology: Mental Retardation to Intellectual Disability

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I would like Social Security to make a wording change in their regulations taking out the words mentally retarded, and replacing these words with intellectual disability. This term treats individuals with intellectual diabilities with more respect and does not infer that they lack intelligence. As a person with a disability I always applaud terminology that more accurately respects individuals with disabilities.

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Public Submission Posted: 01/29/2013 ID: SSA-2012-0066-0013