  For comedian Bill Maher, the word "retarded" is just a garden-variety, impersonal insult. The President is a "retarded child emperor" and people getting fired up about religion is "retarded." But for tens of thousands of people in Massachusetts and their families with intellectual and developmental disabilities, the word retarded can be the most personal of attacks; yet it remains in the name of the state agency that provides services for them.  For comedian Bill Maher, the word "retarded" is just a garden-variety, impersonal insult. The President is a "retarded child emperor" and people getting fired up about religion is "retarded." 