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HEW Focuses on Mentally Retarded Adults and Education
UPI reports Patricia Hitt outlines scope of mental retardation in the United States. About 3 in 100 Americans, some 6 million people, could benefit from better special education and services. Most are over 20. 90 percent mildly retarded and trainable for self-sustaining work with support. Costs exceed $500 million annually for 200,000 in state care. demand for trained professionals is the major hurdle. Programs expanded since 1958, now about $55 million for personnel, aiming to place retarded workers in reliable, routine jobs.
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Patricia Reilly Hitt
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
HEW
Robert H. Finch
Miss Hitt
America
Miss Nitt