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'Where do nerds come from?': Elena Malysheva was disgraced because of a program about special children. VIDEO

'17.06.2019'

Source: Peopletalk

The network has a new edition of the program “Live Healthy”, which is conducted by Elena Malysheva (58). In it, she and the doctors speculated on where the “cretins” come from (it was a question of special children). According to Elena, “cretin” is a medical term that defines the degree of mental retardation of a person. And, of course, her words caused a storm of criticism on the web.

Photo: video frame YouTube / Live Great!

For example, the founder of the Naked Heart Foundation and the model Natalya Vodyanova (37) wrote on her page a huge post about Elena’s words, writes Peopletalk.

“The Naked Heart Foundation and I are personally outraged by the appearance on the First Channel of the program of Elena Malysheva with themes - literally“ Where do the cretins come from? ”And“ My child is an idiot. ” Despite the frankly populist nature of the program, we consider it ethically unacceptable to use outdated terminology containing offensive language for humans.

The modern world is changing, professional terminology is also changing, and this offensive term has long been not used by the professional community. For many years, our foundation has been engaged in supporting families raising children with special needs. We help children prepare for kindergarten and school, give them the opportunity to live the same life as their typically developing peers. But all this work will be meaningless if society does not respect all people, appreciate diversity and fight discrimination and prejudice. The appearance of such a program on a popular TV channel rejects us a few decades ago, when any developmental characteristics in the country were stigmatized, and people with them did not have a chance to have a full life, study, friendship. Any person in personal communication does not have the right to offend another for health reasons or impaired development. Media representatives have a special social responsibility, especially if this is a popular medical program, ”the star said.

Natalia also added that today, no medical classification does not contain offensive terms, and it is important for people to learn to see first the features and needs of a person, and then his diagnosis.

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In her comments, she was supported by Yana Rudkovskaya (44), who said that this was all “wildness”.

“What wildness! Especially on the main channel of our country !!! It's a shame to even watch this program! Stone Age! ”- wrote the producer.

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By the way, Ksenia Sobchak (37) also spoke on this topic, which in her Telegram channel published the announcement of the program and wrote: “What is tin ((Malysheva in herself at all?”.

Screenshot Telegram Channel Sobchak

The host of the program defends herself after the scandal erupted. “Please look at the transmission. There is nothing like that at all. You are all victims of deceit, ”said Elena to the publication Moscow Says.

The program was also commented on in the Ministry of Health.

“The same word can be used in different contexts ... There is an opinion that this is an offensive word. In fact, there are medical terms, only they are used not in such a derogatory sense, but in the degree of mental retardation, ”said Yevgeny Bryunov, the chief psychiatrist-narcologist.

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