S768 - People First Language 2018. (SL 2018-47)

Overview: S.L. 2018-47 updates the North Carolina General Statutes with People First language by changing the phrase "mental retardation" to "intellectual disability" and the phrase "the mentally retarded" to "individuals with an intellectual disability" in certain sections and makes other amendments and technical amendments in those sections, as recommended by the General Statutes Commission. People First language is a style of drafting that refers to a person with a disability as a person first and seeks to avoid equating a person with the person's disability and the use of derogatory language when describing a person's disability.

This act has various effective dates. Please see the full summary for more detail.