He is very animalistic - Steinbeck describes him to 'dabble a paw' in the water of the river, suggesting he is closer to the intellect of animals than men.

He doesn't understand swear words - he uses them out of context throughout the book

His language is stunted and rough - for example: 'I... I ain't gonna... say a word.'

He makes frequent simple mistakes with daily life: 'A few beans slipped out of the corner of his mouth.'

His obsession with small furry animals takes precedent - he 'remembers the rabbits', pets the dog and kills it, kills mice, and eventually kills Curley's wife while stroking her hair - he cannot differentiate.

He doesn't learn from past experiences, for example when he 'quaffs the water' (like a horse) George reminds him that he got ill from doing that last time.

He imitates George exactly on may occasions, suggesting he is entirely dependant on George.

He doesn't understand the significance of what he did in Weed - the whole memory to him seems fun and exciting.

The doctor can tell if the baby has Down's Syndrome.

Drinking during pregnancy causes fetal alcohol syndrome. Babies with this condition have problems with learning.

No. Mental retardation means the person has an IQ of below 70. A person with learning disabilities can have even a genius level IQ but still have certain learning difficulties, such as, for instance, Attention Deficit Disorder, or Dyslexia, which affect their ability to learn, but do not affect their actual intelligence.

"Normal" IQ is between 85 and 115.

Borderline intellectual funcion is between 70 and 85.

Mild MR is between 55 and 69.

Moderate MR is between 40 and 54

Severe MR is between 25 and 39.

Profound MR is less than 25.

Mentally retared people "does" go to jail when they commit a crime. Often more so than non-mentally retarded people "does" go to jail.

If they have been charged, its up to the judge where they go, and the DA (state) recommends jail...if they have a good/paid defense lawyer, they can fight for the accused and put their case properly before the judge with medical documentation to support the need for placing them in a hopital over a jail as they await their trail.

When these defendants (or their family) "doesn't" have the money to pay for their legal defense, unfortunately the judge can't make a proper determination, and the accused "does" wait out their time in jail...and IF convicted (or when)...they "does" spend their sentence IN JAIL or PRISON...not a state or county medical facility...where they belong.

Jail and Prison is NOT the place for these accused/convicts. But, often times more so than not, this is where they "does" go.

Mental retardation means that the brain works more slowly than what is considered normal. Referring to someone with this condition as a "retard" is very ignorant. As mental retardation affects only thinking and learning, of course someone with this disability (better called, "different ability") can be strong. MR does not affect the body physically.

Copper deficiency in children is associated with growth retardation. Zinc deficiency, Vitamin A deficiency and other nutritional deficiencies can also cause growth retardation.

If you are using the internet for research, you probably cannot find much because of the work that would be involved to go back all of the pre-internet years to enter information kept only on paper and in books. You will probably have to find some older texts or some newer books comparing techniques of the day versus those of prior decades.

Unfortunately, much of the diagnoses were very subjective.

I'M SO SORRY!!!!!

Mentally disabled people live life in the same way that everyone else does. Just because they cannot think as well as other people does not stop them from enjoying life. Many disabled people are smart enough to have a job and support themselves. Sometimes, they need to live in a group home that helps them manage things, but usually they do OK.

It makes everyone around you feel sorry for you and have to care for you

The diseases that are usually associated with severe retardation may cause the shorter life span.

The old and still popular terms were adjusted downward from normal- Moron ( high and low grade) Imbecile, and Idiot. for some reason Moron and Idiot remain in popular usage but imbecile, even in slang usage is rarely used.

Use ICD-9 code 322.x for meningitis. Use a 4th character to specify the type. You may have to use 322.9 without more specific information.

About 3-4% of the mentally retarded population is severely retarded.

In 4% of bacterial meningitis cases in children, there is seen to be some mental retardation.

It is a genetic disorder caused by a triplication of the 21st chromosome so Nature.

There is a book of psychology by ciccarelli in which she cites a case of Down syndrome which is of course caused due to nature but nurture can cure it to a very high degree - kids who are brought up with unconditional love and support fight off all nature. Love is too strong for any disease. (you cannot actually CURE Down syndrome as it is not a disease, Loving a child with Down will of course help them to reach their highest potential, as love does for any child)

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It all depends. If they got in trouble with the law, frequently they were sent to mental hospitals rather than Prisons, and this was considered more humane than tossing them in with hardened criminals. Very often retarded people were sterilized to prevent them from committing sexual crimes. This was very controversial but it was done, and in fact was endorsed by such a famous judge as Oliver Wendell Holmes.

Simply they killed them because they thought they were possessed by the devil or they were broken. Sometimes they actually "tried" to cure them by putting them on something and spinning them really fast to spin the retardation out of them. But now we actually know a lot more about why they are this way. So now we treat them nicer and tend to there special needs and they try to make them a little smarter. Back then it was best to ship the kid off to a live in school for 2 reasons. 1 because it was a great embarrassment to the family and 2 because they were uneducated on how to care for a mental retarded person. Of course our views changed because people now know how to take care of a family member with mental retardation and most are no longer embarrassed to raise a mentally retarded child.