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Mentally Retard In Social Media

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In society today it seems as if the word retarded is used entirely too loosely. Many people who live with disabilities deal with stereotypes daily, many do not fall under the ‘mentally retarded ' category yet are placed there by peers and other public personnel. The numerous disabilities are stereotyped mostly the same, but they are all so different from one another. The portrayal of these stereotypes is carried out in many ways one of the most widely held being the media, another is the general word of mouth (picking, teasing, and torment) or even discrimination. Media is a big part of society today whether it be social media, television, music, and the internet, in general, it affects people daily. The way media portrays disabilities
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