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Yes, calling someone ‘mentally disabled’ causes real harm

  • Written by Kathleen Béres Rogers, Professor of English and Director, Program in Medical Humanities, College of Charleston
Yes, calling someone ‘mentally disabled’ causes real harmDonald Trump at an Erie, Pa., rally on Sept. 29, 2024, at which he said Democratic rival Kamala Harris was 'mentally impaired.'Dustin Franz/AFP/Getty Images

In a recent speech, Donald Trump used the language of intelligence, or intellectual impairment, as a weapon against Kamala Harris. And he used similar language about vice presidential candidate...

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