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Mental Retardation in the Year 2000

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  • © 1992

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Editors:
  1. Louis Rowitz

    1. School of Public Health, The University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, USA

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Part of the book series: Disorders of Human Learning, Behavior, and Communication (HUMAN LEARNING)

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Table of contents (21 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Prologue

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Mental Retardation in the Year 2000

      • Louis Rowitz
      Pages 3-11

  4. Trends on Family and Life Course

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 67-67
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    2. Increasing Knowledge on Family Issues: A Research Agenda for 2000

      • Bernard Farber, Ione DeOllos
      Pages 69-84

    3. Family Caregiving Across the Full Life Span

      • Marsha Mailick Seltzer
      Pages 85-100

    4. Adolescence and Community Adjustment

      • Laraine Masters Glidden, Andrea G. Zetlin
      Pages 101-114

    5. Lifelong Disability and Aging

      • Matthew P. Janicki
      Pages 115-127

  5. Trends on Health and Services

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 129-129
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    2. HIV Infection and Mental Retardation

      • Herbert J. Cohen
      Pages 131-139

    3. Prevention of Mental Retardation (Genetics)

      • Hugo W. Moser
      Pages 140-148

    4. Mental Retardation and Mental Illness in the Year 2000: Issues and Trends

      • Jack A. Stark, Frank J. Menolascino
      Pages 149-162

    5. Expansion of the Health-Care Delivery System

      • Allen C. Crocker
      Pages 163-183

    6. Policy and Program Development for Infants and Toddlers With Disabilities

      • Marty Wyngaarden Krauss, Penny Hauser-Cram
      Pages 184-196

    7. The Changing Face of Residential Services

      • K. Charlie Lakin, Robert H. Bruininks, Sheryl A. Larson
      Pages 197-247

  6. Trends on Service and Policy Issues

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 249-249
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When you look at the advances in the field of mental retardation over the past 30 years, it is hard to imagine that more change is inevitable. Yet, I think back to the time when, early in his presidency, President Kennedy called together the brightest scientists, researchers, doctors, and educators to develop a comprehensive plan for the nation to effectively care for, treat, educate, and house persons with mental retardation. In the early 1960s the call for new research into the causes and the amelioration of mental retardation, the development of community-based programs, and the development of family care for appropriate education, vocational training, and jobs were seen as revolutionary. But, in the 30 years since then, we have seen time and time again that it is persons with mental retardation themselves who have led the way. When the schools were opened to them, they learned more than any­ one ever thought possible; when vocational training was provided, they learned skills that led to jobs; when employment became available, they proved to be good steady workers who earned money and paid taxes. When the playing fields were made available to them through programs such as Special Olympics, they showed the world they could train and compete and WIN in the sports of the Olympics. When communities welcomed them, they became our neighbors. They have earned the right to play on any field, to study in any school, to hold a paying job, and to be anyone's neighbor.

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  • School of Public Health, The University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, USA

    Louis Rowitz

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