Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Ko tētahi kaihanga kiriata, kei te pāngia e tōna tuahine pakeke te mate o Down, te whakamahinga hē o te kupu'retarded' me te torotoro i te hītori o te āhua o te kupu hauora i huri hei whakahe kino i roto i tana tuhinga e haere mai nei, e whai ana ki te huri i te āhua o te whakaaro, te kōrero me te mahi a te tangata. Ko Amanda Lukoff, no Arlington, Virginia, i mahi tahi me tana tahu a Danny Egan mo a raatau kiriata Ko te R-Kupu, kei te mahi-i mua i te wa e ngana ana ratau ki te kohi $ 200,000 mo te tuhinga i runga i te paetukutuku whakangao IndieGoGo. Ko te kaiwhakahaere me te kaiwhakanao, i whakaaweawehia ki te hanga i te kiriata e tana tuahine a Gabrielle, kua hainatia e ia nga mema o te roopu tae atu ki te kaiwhakaari Scrubs a John C. McGinley me te kaiwhakaari Glee a Lauren Potter, he mate Down. 'Ki te tino mārama me pēhea, he aha hoki i puta mai ai te kupu R, me tīmata tātou i te tīmatanga, nō reira kei te haere au ki te kimi i te āhua, i te wā, me te take i riro ai te kupu R hei wāhanga o te ahurea rongonui,' e ai ki a Amanda i roto i te tiriti mō te kiriata pakipūmeka. Panuku ki raro mō te ataata. Ko Amanda Lukoff (matau), i whakaahuahia me ona tuakana, i whakaaweawe ki te hanga i tana tuhinga The R-Word i muri i tana tipu ake me tana tuahine a Gabrielle (pokapū), i whanau mai me te mate a Down. Ko Amanda, e whakamahere ana ki te tīmata i te whakaahua matua i tēnei marama, kua eke ki te tata ki te $25,000 mai i te tīmatanga o te pakanga i te marama o Poutu-te-rangi. Ahakoa kei a ia tonu nga ra 25 ki te whakatutuki i tana whaainga, ka tuhia e ia i runga i te whaarangi ka hanga e ia te tuhinga ahakoa ka tutuki tana whaainga kohikohi moni mo te $ 200,000. I roto i te riipene whakaata, ka whakamarama a Amanda, i a ia e tipu ana, i mohio ia he rereke tana tuahine a Gabrielle, he mea motuhake hoki na te mea he koretake tona hinengaro. Ka tāpiri atu a ia ko te kore o tana tuahine ki te tuku i tana mate Down ki te tautuhi i a ia he puna whakaaweawe mo ia i roto i tona ake oranga. 'Kua mōhio hoki ahau, kāore te katoa i te aro ki te rerekētanga o taku tuahine, pērā ki ahau,' e ai ki a ia. Te tautoko tuahine: Ka kitea a Amanda raua ko Gabrielle e korero ana i runga i te papa i te wa o tetahi huihuinga motuhake. Te whakanui: I whakaahuahia a Gabrielle e kanikani ana i te koa...
Ko Amanda Lukoff, no Arlington, Virginia, i mahi tahi me tana tahu a Danny Egan mo ta raua kiriata The R-Word. I whakaaweahia ia e tana tuakana a Gabrielle, i whanau mai me te mate Down. Kei te whakahaeretia te tuhinga tae noa ki tana kohikohi $ 200,000 mo tona hanganga. Ko te kaiwhakaari o Scrubs a John C. McGinley me te kaiwhakaari o Glee a Lauren Potter, he mate a Down, kei roto i nga mema o te kiriata.