An adult with mental retardation who commits a murder should be held legally accountable (assuming the retardation is not so profound as to render him or her incompetent to stand trial).

Learn why the R-word, R-worded, or any form of the phrase "mental retardation" is no longer an acceptable way to describe ...

1,2 Taking into account these issues and considering mental retardation (MR) as a paradigm of clinical genetics, we aimed to explore HCPs' and mothers' knowledge, perceptions and attitudes about ...

A century after Down syndrome was first described, scientists discovered that the root cause of this disorder is a condition called trisomy 21. What strides in research have been made since then?

Low birth-weight babies have a higher risk of dying in early infancy than among normal weight babies Low birth-weight babies are exposed to mental retardation, brain damage, and injury at birth ...

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