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Mental retardation (also called mental handicap[1] and, as defined by the UK Mental Health Act 1983, mental impairment and severe mental impairment[2]) is a term for a pattern of persistently slow learning of basic motor and language skills ("milestones") during childhood, and a significantly below-normal global intellectual capacity as an adult. One common criterion for diagnosis of mental retardation is a tested intelligence quotient (IQ) of 70 or below. People with mental retardation are ...
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Mental Retardation Organizations
- National Women's Health Information Center http://www.4woman.gov/
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention http://www.cdc.gov/
- American Academy of Family Physicians http://www.aafp.org/
- American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry http://www.aacap.org/
- National Down Syndrome Society http://www.ndss.org/
- National Women's Health Information Center, OWH, HHS http://www.4woman.gov/
- National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Clearinghouse, NICHD, NIH, HHS http://www.nichd.nih.gov/
- Job Accommodation Network http://janweb.icdi.wvu.edu/
- Office on Smoking and Health, NCCDPHP, CDC, HHS http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/
- National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities, ED http://www.nichcy.org/
- Arc of the United States http://www.thearc.org
- Google Health https://www.google.com/health
Resources
- (National Women's Health Information Center, OWH, HHS)
- Accommodations for People with Mental Retardation (Job Accommodation Network)
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