Discussing adults coping with disabilities or parenting special needs children

How does it make you feel when you hear someone say, don’t have a seizure or don’t have a heart attack! How about this: He is so retarded! Oh here’s one: Girl, you know she rides the short bus! The latest one I heard was, “He’s a helmet- wearing-window licker!” I know we are all guilty at one time or another about laughing at a joke or two but let’s sit back and talk about this subject. Have you ever thought about the parents or siblings of those retarded children? What if you had to walk your child to that short bus in the mornings or have to meet that short bus after school? I know that most of us don’t mean any harm, but when it’s your loved one it might not be so funny.