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Bipartisan bill would strike ‘outdated and derogatory language’ on intellectual disability from federal law

Posted on April 29, 2023

Originally published April 29, 2023 by The Hill
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Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers in front of a U.S. flag

A bipartisan group in the U.S. House of Representatives has introduced a bill to strike more than two dozen instances of outdated and derogatory terminology describing intellectual disability from federal law.

Read the full story from The Hill here.

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