TEMPE, AZ — A Northern California father says a Tempe shirt company’s latest design felt like “a slap in the face” to families living with mental disabilities. Ben Berman, whose 21-year-old daughter Jenna is profoundly autistic and requires round-the-clock care, claims the shirt sold by Retro Rifle uses a slur offensive to people with mental disabilities and their families.
Berman, a longtime Retro Rifle customer who says he has purchased more than 200 shirts from the company, voiced his concerns directly to Retro Rifle owners in a group chat.
“I don’t know if it was just an oversight. I don’t see how it could be,” Berman told ABC15…