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Massachusetts House Passes Bill to Remove Outdated and Offensive Terms in General Laws
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Massachusetts House Passes Bill to Remove Outdated and Offensive Terms in General Laws
Special to the Journal The Massachusetts House of Representatives today passed a bill that removes outdated and offensive language in the General Laws to describe persons with disabilities. The language in the bill removes all variations of outdated terms such as “handicapped,” “disabled,” and the “r-word.” The bill replaces these terms with current terminology such as “person with a disability.” “As lawmakers, we know that words matter,” said S…
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