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’s Law Passes!

On September 22, the House of Representatives unanimously passed ’s Law (S.2781), using the Senate-passed bill, under suspension of the rules. Suspension of the rules is a procedure that is used to quickly pass a non-controversial bill in the House. ’s law will replace the terms “mental retardation” and "mentally retarded" with “intellectual disability” and "individual with an intellectual disability" in specific federal laws. AUCD and the disability community have been advocating for this important legislation for nearly a year. AUCD believes that this seemingly small change in terminology used to describe people with disabilities in federal legislation is a monumental step toward dismantling archaic and demeaning stereotypes about people with disabilities. Before the September 22 vote, AUCD signed onto a sign-on letter from the Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities Education Task Force urging the House to pass ’s Law. To thank your Representative, visit AUCD’s Action Center.

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That's awesome!Sent on the Sprint® Now Network from my BlackBerry®Sender: sList Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2010 17:30:57 -0400ReplyTo: sList Subject: 's Law Passes! ’s Law Passes!On September 22, the House of Representatives unanimously passed ’s Law (S.2781), using the Senate-passed bill, under suspension of the rules. Suspension of the rules is a procedure that is used to quickly pass a non-controversial bill in the House. ’s law will replace the terms “mental retardation” and "mentally retarded" with “intellectual disability” and "individual with an intellectual disability" in specific federal laws. AUCD and the disability community have been advocating for this important legislation for nearly a year. AUCD believes that this seemingly small change in terminology used to describe people with disabilities in federal legislation is a monumental step toward dismantling archaic and demeaning stereotypes about people with disabilities. Before the September 22 vote, AUCD signed onto a sign-on letter from the Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities Education Task Force urging the House to pass ’s Law. To thank your Representative, visit AUCD’s Action Center. Nila

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