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Trends And Issues In Mental Retardation
Any appraisal of the present status of the problem of mental retardation, the role and function of the various institutions within our society, and the availability and effectiveness of services offered, would be incomplete and indeed incomprehensible without an assessment of the so-called "Parent Movement"....
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Title: Trends And Issues In Mental Retardation
Creator: Gunnar Dybwad (author)
Date: 1960
Format: Article
Publication: Children and Youth in the 1960s: Survey Papers Prepared for the 1960 Conference on Children and Youth
Publisher: Golden Anniversary White House Conference on Children and Youth
Source: Friends of the Samuel Gridley Howe Library and the Dybwad Family
Keywords: Advocacy; American Association On Mental Deficiency; Attendants; Children; Cognitive Disability; Doctors; Economics; Education; Educational Institutions; Family; Government; Gunnar Dybwad; Institutions; Intelligence; Intelligence Tests; Jurisprudence; Medical Professionals; Medicine; Medicine & Science; Mental Retardation; Nomenclature; Parenting; Pediatrics; Physical Disability; Policy; Professional Associations; Psychiatric Disability; Schools; Service Organizations; Social Welfare & Communities; Social Work; The Arc; Washington, DC
Topics: Government, Policy & Law; Institutions, Organizations & Corporations; Social Movements & Advocacy