Want this question answered?
because some ppl are born with birth defects like mental retardation
Cliff Judge has written: 'Civilization and mental retardation' -- subject(s): Care, History, Mental retardation, People with mental disabilities
John Henry Eggleston has written: 'The care and treatment of individuals with mental retardation' -- subject(s): People with mental disabilities, Services for, Civil rights, History
srkgbjmnk;rg
Mohammed Ally Akoodie has written: 'The assessment of knowledge and attitudes towards mental retardation' -- subject(s): Mental retardation, People with mental disabilities
Mildly retarded people can live alone if necessary and often get married. Profoundly retarded people need caring in their whole life.
Rosemary Ferguson Dybwad has written: 'Worldwide Directory of Mental Retardation Resources (Library of Resources for the Handicapped, Vol 3)' 'International directory of mental retardation resources' -- subject(s): Directories, Mental retardation facilities, People with mental disabilities, Services for
jail time, mental retardation, no head
Meyer Schreiber has written: 'Social work and mental retardation' -- subject(s): People with mental disabilities 'Graduate social work student theses and dissertations dealing with mental retardation' -- subject(s): Academic Dissertations, Bibliography, Canada, Dissertations, Academic, Mental retardation, United States
Many people use it pejoratively but it is not a swear word.
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
The medical retardation and health center act of 1963 was the de institutionalization of people with mental retardation and associated disorders. Due to this act more and more people that were previously institutionalized are living at home and are productive members of society.