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).

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 ...

In the U.S., passage of the Mental Retardation Facilities and Community Mental Health Centers Construction Act provides the first federal money for developing a network of community-based mental ...

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?

Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities 2010 - 2022 Education and Training in Developmental Disabilities 2003 - 2009 Education and Training in Mental Retardation and ...

I have worked with residential treatment facilities, Mental Health and Mental Retardation Organizations (MHMR), and as a professional school counselor in public schools. I also have experience ...