No, it means you haven't had enough exposure to handicapped people. This doesn't mean that you have any excuse to be mean or rude to them, but being nervous is totally natural. Handicapped people often have movements or posturing that are unusual and humans are presdisposed to be nervous around anything that we don't understand. Just tell yourself that they are getting along as best they can with the cards they've been dealt.
no
Mildly retarded people can live alone if necessary and often get married. Profoundly retarded people need caring in their whole life.
They play each other in the special olympics.
F. E. James has written: 'Educational medicine' -- subject(s): Health and hygiene, School children 'The Neuropsychiatry of mental handicap' -- subject(s): Mental health, Neuropsychiatry, People with mental disabilities 'Psychiatry and mental handicap'
Jews, Gypsies, Jehovah's Witnesses, homosexuals, the mentally retarded and people with a physical handicap.
I believe it is sort of a handicap and in some instances a mental block or type of phobia.
No, autism is not a mental handicap.Handicap is an offensive term, a more appropriate term may be disability. Autism is a neurological difference, although some Autistic people may be disabled autism is not a mental disability.
No one should decide to euthanize the mentally ill or retarded. That is especially true today. Most mental illness can be controlled by medicine.
Richard A. Mamula has written: 'Community placement of the mentally retarded' -- subject(s): Care, People with mental disabilities, Rehabilitation
It depends on the handicap or disability and the severity.
Peter Sturmey has written: 'Psychometric assessment of psychiatric disorders in people with learning difficulties (mental handicap)' 'Clinical and counseling practice' -- subject(s): Psychotherapy, Counseling, Practice 'Mood Disorders in People with Mental Retardation'
Burton Blatt has written: 'In and out of mental retardation' -- subject(s): Collected works, Education, Education of mentally retarded, Government policy, Mental retardation, People with mental disabilities 'In and out of books' -- subject(s): Book reviews, Children with mental disabilities, People with mental disabilities, Special education 'Souls in extremis' -- subject(s): Care, Inmates of institutions, Mental retardation facilities, People with mental disabilities 'The intellectually disfranchised, impoverished learners and their teachers' -- subject(s): Children with mental disabilities, Education, Teachers of children with mental disabilities 'Selected media reviews: Exceptional children, 1970-1973' -- subject(s): Abstracts, Special education 'The intellectually disfranchised' -- subject(s): Children with mental disabilities, Education, Teachers of mentally handicapped children 'A plan for reformation of services for the mentally retarded in Massachusetts' -- subject(s): Care, People with mental disabilities 'The conquest of mental retardation' -- subject(s): Mental retardation 'Christmas in purgatory' -- subject(s): Care, People with mental disabilities