We did a charity event at school and donated proceeds to... the Spastics Society. Now you get arrested if you say the word.Apparently the word she is accused of saying is sp@stic, and it it is now a criminal offence to write the word on the Internet or say it out loud, punishable by burning at the stake. Unbelievable. We used to call each other that name at school; can I and my schoolmates be done for historic malicious communications I wonder? It's still a medical term for pity's sake - one can have a sp@stic colon. Ian Dury made a career of parodying his disability using the word.
