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Olympic organizers apologize for ‘inappropriate language’

June 2nd, 2008

From the Sydney [Australia] Morning Herald:

Beijing Olympics organizers have apologized for offending disabled people and scrapped a training manual for volunteers which sparked a wave of protest.

The offending guide has been pulled while authorities revise “inappropriate language” applied to the disabled.

“Some mistakes were made in describing people with disabilities,” said a website statement from the organising body BOCOG.

The manual for volunteers said disabled people could be unsocial, stubborn, controlling, defensive and have a strong sense of inferiority. Earlier, the manual had been withdrawn without apology.

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