Andrea Friedman - on the "R" word and being bullied due to Down syndrome

jbjb Cooper: The other thing that s happening
right now is the controversy over what they

call the R word. What is your-- Andrea: Oh,
yes. I know. Cooper: What is your thought

about that? Andrea: About retarded, the R
word? I don t really like it at all. It really

affected me in many ways, because I ve been
teased a lot. I ve been teased with that from

elementary school, high school, and I didn
t like it. I was going to stand up for myself,

but I didn t have the courage. And I said
something like, Leave me alone or my sister

will come after you. (laughs) Cooper: [laughs]
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