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Mental Retardation

Jablonski's Multiple Congenital Anomaly/Mental Retardation Syndromes (Site) - Database of structured descriptions of congenital abnormalities associated with mental retardation.
Best Buddies International, Inc. (Site) - Enhances the lives of people with mental retardation by providing opportunities for socialization and employment. Site describes programs and gives contact information.
Mental Retardation Fact Sheet (Site) - Definition, teaching tips, and contact information from the National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities.
Psychiatric Assessment of the Person With Mental Retardation (Site) - Full text of a paper published in the Psychiatric Annals 27:3/March 1997.
American Association on Mental Retardation (Site) - Promotes global development and dissemination of progressive policies, research, effective practices, and universal human rights for people with intellectual disabilities.
UVa Special Education: Resources on Mental Retardation (Site) - Definition with links to resources.
MedlinePlus: Mental retardation (Site) - Summary and links to information on causes.
The Family Village - Cognitive Disability / Mental Retardation (Site) - Directory of contact information for organizations and links to information.
Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities Research Reviews (Site) - Journal information, table of contents, and online order form.
International Order of Alhambra (Site) - A fraternal order of Catholic men dedicated to assisting persons developmentally disabled by mental retardation.
Help Foundation (Site) - Serves children and adults with mental retardation and developmental disabilities in northeast Ohio - care, education, and housing.
Children Who Are Mentally Retarded (Site) - From the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, this defines what mental retardation means and how children are thriving in our communities today.
Arc of Chester County (Site) - Empowering individuals with mental retardation and other developmental disabilities and their families.
Mental Retardation and Psychiatry (Site) - Links to articles from psychiatric journals.
Mental Retardation: A Symptom and a Syndrome (Site) - Full text of a paper published in the "Comprehensive Textbook of Child and Adolescent Disorders".
National Association of QMRPs (NAQ) (Site) - Resource for research, networking, and addressing issues that concern Qualified Mental Retardation Professionals (also known as Case Managers).
President's Committee on Mental Retardation (Site) - The PCMR acts in an advisory capacity to the President and the Secretary of Health and Human Services on matters relating to programs and services for persons with mental retardation.
It's OK to Be Different (Site) - Highlights some of the ways students with multiple disabilities and mental retardation are taught. Includes informational links to some of the conditions the students in this class possess.
Greene County Board of Mental Retardation (Site) - A description of the programs and services available through the Greene County, Ohio, Board of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities
Death Penalty and Mental Retardation in the U.S.A. (Site) - Since the U.S. death penalty was reinstated in 1976, at least thirty-five people with MR have been executed in the United States. They cannot understand fully what they did wrong. Many cannot even comprehend the punishment that awaits them.
Down Home Ranch (Site) - Working farm and ranch for those with mental handicaps.