Reply #12: "Spasticity is most commonly associated ...w/ cerebral palsy" [View All]

[Bluebear]

"A term of abuse, e.g. you're such a spastic (also colloquially abbreviated to "spazz", "spack", "spacko", "spanner" and "spacker"), derived from a popular misconception that those with any physical disability resulting in spasticity would necessarily also have a mental or developmental disability."


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spastic

I did not know that.