Both sides of his door had been secured with plywood and a lock, the man would later say, to stop him from getting out.
For years, he’d only been given two sandwiches – egg or tuna salad, or peanut butter – and a small amount of water each day, he’d recall, in the storage space where he was held.
The most extreme case was Genie
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genie_(feral_child)
This story is a bit odd, the boy wasn’t a small child like Genie, he was around 14 when it started and had siblings that knew of his ordeal. He wasn’t developmentally stunted like Genie was, yet it lasted till he was 30yrs old.
Genie’s story is devastating. This shit haunts me
CW for that wikipedia article: the R slur is used quite a bit
It’s not used as a slur though.
Great! I still take psychic damage every time I read it and I’m certain many other people do as well. I think there should be some kind of warning for said content in this article because of that
Okay.
What’s the most respectful terminology to use in its place? “Mentally handicapped”?
Probably. I don’t know what is the “best” terminology here. That literally doesn’t matter. It’s a slur, regardless of how it’s used. Slurs need content warnings