Resurgence of a slur: Local parents, intellectual disability advocates condemn Trump’s use of the ‘R-word’

The sight of the slur shocked and alarmed the mother of a young boy with special needs. Kimberly Steffes of Joliet never imagined a sitting president would use the “R-word,” a derogatory term long reviled by the intellectual disability community and its advocates. Yet in a [ Thanksgiving message ]...