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Voice of the Retarded

"More Than an E-Mail Discussion Group"
A REFUTATION OF ALL ARGUMENTS IN SUPPORT OF INSTITUTIONALIZING ANYBODY BECAUSE OF MENTAL RETARDATION

And who speaks for you?

Who speaks for you?

a 6-panel cartoon, Voices in our Heads. It shows bosses calling themselves Voice of the Worker, a white man calling himself Voice of the Negro, a brute of a guy calling himself Voice of the Weaker Sex, and a man who should know better calling himself Voice of the Retarded. In the last panel there's a guy calling himself Voice of the Voice of the Retarded. He carries a sign saying, Shut Us UP!
FYI: Voice of the Retarded is a group of parents who dumped their kids in institutions and now protest any measures which might free their sons and daughters. "Omigod! They might come knocking on OUR DOORS!!!" VOR is rumored to be bankrolled by the AHCA, the nursing home industry lobby, and by unions which represent workers at state institutions. But those are only rumors and may be totally without foundation. Please don't quote us as the source of such nasty rumors.

photo of polly spare of Voice of the Retarded

from Mouth magazine #46, March 1998To get a Mouth of your own, click here.

Seen above: Polly Spare, President, VOR
(To read about a Mouth reader's encounter with her, click here.)

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