With a new campaign, Special Olympics wants to take back the word “special” and other language that they say has been turned against people with disabilities. The international sports organization for ...

The Special Olympics launched a campaign Tuesday to banish the word "retard," a casual insult that derives from an out-of-favor medical term and has long been considered inappropriate. People ...

They didn't say the R-word, but their actions did. The anguished look of misunderstanding on Morgan’s face convinced me of the need for places where people with and without special needs can ...

a Special Olympian living with Down syndrome, asked her to reconsider using that word. And now the Opinion Page, and an issue that was pushed aside by hurricane coverage that we wanted to get back to.

posters on bedroom walls. On September 13, the first of two special editions of Word Up! Magazine will feature excerpts contributed by Biggie’s closest family, friends and fans, also including ...

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District Judge Aileen Cannon on Tuesday blocked the public release of special counsel Jack Smith’s final report on his investigations into President-elect Donald Trump. The court fight that ...

Microsoft Word, like all text-based programs, uses a numeric character code called ASCII (American Standard Code for Information Interchange) for each alphabetic, numeric, and special character on ...

Her final moments were streamed and shared online. Sign up for our Newsletters In this new Saving Our Streets special report, ...

Hannah Berner — who called Blake Lively the C-word in her new comedy special — clarified that she supports the “Gossip Girl” actress amid her legal battle with co-star Justin Baldoni.

Instead, he said he had decided “to carry out a special military operation”, coining ... Protesters have been arrested for holding up posters with the word “war” asterisked out, or ...