The APA considers dropping the word "retard"

The APA has finally caved. For years, the DSM has included "mental retardation" as the actual name for deficits in intellectual development. Apparently, they are picking up after the fact that people are using it to insult and hurt other people--never those with actual retardation, but still. Although not official yet, the new DSM-V has changed the phrasing "mental retardation" for "Intellectual Developmental Disorder". (Please note that this may change until the document is officially published in May of 2013.) http://www.dsm5.org/ProposedRevision/Pages/proposedrevision.aspx?rid=384
I know that many advocates of sensitivity in language will claim a victory, but is it really? Calling it something else doesn't really change anything, and we are only making our language more complicated to make sure no one gets offended. I do have a problem with the word "retard", and that is that retardation actually means "to be late". While it can be the case that many people are late in the development of their intellectual faculties, some people never really develop them. They're not late. They'll just never get there.

I also have a problem with the word mental, as it includes many functions, when in reality the focus is almost primarily academic. If anything, I believe that the actual term should be "Intellectual Deficit". I believe that the word does not look to offend, but it also doesn't sugar coat the reality.

Let me know what you think!