... which can be seen in a small proportion of these patients (Pini et al., 1996; Tan et al., 1997; Brett et al., 1998; ... P., Thornton, J. & King, M.D. (1998): Merosin-deficient congenital muscular dystrophy and cortical dysplasia.
The economic cost of retardation measures in the billions each year and the human cost is incalculable. However, many forms of retardation can now be prevented medically and much is...
A collection of essays and documents chronicilizing the history of treatment, labeling, and understanding of mental retardating in the U.S. NYUP is one the forefront of publishing in disability studies.
A collection of essays and documents chronicilizing the history of treatment, labeling, and understanding of mental retardating in the U.S. NYUP is one the forefront of publishing in disability studies.
This book covers the causes of mental retardation, the signs and symptoms of the most common forms of these disorders, and issues of prevention.
Professors Bogdan and Taylor have interviewed two experts, ‘Ed Murphy’ and ‘Pattie Burt,’ for answers. Ed and Pattie, former inmates of institutions for the retarded, tell us in their own words.
Volume 31 of the International Review of Research in Mental Retardation is a thematic exploration of personality and motivation in persons with mental retardation.
Volume 27 of the International Review of Research in Mental Retardation focuses exclusively on these language and communication issues.
What is Mental Retardation? is a rare peek into the divergent--and at times contentious--points of view among the world's leading researchers on what the condition of mental retardation is and how it should be defined, measured, and ...
In N. Bray (Ed.), International review of research in mental retardation (pp. 91–115). New York: Academic Press. Abbeduto, L. (1997). [Review of the book Exceptional language development in Down syndrome: Implications for the ...
In this second volume on personality and motivation, the focus is on theories of motivation, and how accurately they predict what we know about the life of the mentally retarded with respect to decision making, interpersonal relationships, ...