I pledge and support the elimination of the derogatory use of the r-word from everyday speech and promote the acceptance and inclusion of people with intellectual disabilities.

Thank you Special Olympics for giving my older brother the opportunity to gain life skills and reach his fullest potential both athletically and as a person.

I Pledge and Support all who Have taken this Pledge.. I also will tell my Friends to do this too !! X

I pledge and support the elimination of the derogatory use of the r-word from everyday speech and promote the acceptance and inclusion of people with intellectual disabilities.

I pledge and support the elimination of the derogatory use of the r-word from everyday speech and promote the acceptance and inclusion of people with intellectual disabilities.

I pledge and support the elimination of the derogatory use of the r-word from everyday speech and promote the acceptance and inclusion of people with intellectual disabilities.

I pledge and support the elimination of the derogatory use of the r-word from everyday speech and promote the acceptance and inclusion of people with intellectual disabilities.

I pledge and support the elimination of the derogatory use of the r-word from everyday speech and promote the acceptance and inclusion of people with intellectual disabilities.

As a volunteer, i hereby pledge to encourage people to stop using negative words such as the most common r-word. In this action I plan to boost physically disabled persons self esteem by volunteering at local practices regional and state competitions etc

I pledge and support the elimination of the derogatory use of the r-word from everyday speech and promote the acceptance and inclusion of people with intellectual disabilities.

I pledge to encourage others to refrain from using the R-word. It is a word that only elicits offensive and hateful feelings from those who use it.

I asked the Director of ARC if he would refrain from using the R-word at Rotary Mtg and his response to me was, "how will they know who I'm speaking about unless I use the R-word," I suggested that the word is archaic but he refused using an alternative.