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Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary: dis•orien•tate, also dis•orient /AmE, BrE) verb 1 to make sb unable to recognize where they are or where they should go: The darkness had disorientated him. 2 to make sb feel confused: Ex-soldiers can be disorientated by the transition to civilian life.—compare orient dis•orien•tated…
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This was a message I tried to get through to my kids while they were growing up - 'retard' is so commonly used as an insult that it was difficult for them not to adopt the term just because they heard it so often at school. When she was about 13-14, my daughter started to be an occasional weekend carer (with my…
