Mental retardation afflicts many Americans
A dated educational or policy prompt questions how to treat the mentally retarded, offering options from institutional care to social contact and usefulness, highlighting the era's view that some cases are hopeless while others can be helped.
Six steps to help mentally retarded citizens
The text urges readers to view mental retardation as a national issue and offers six actions: ensure prenatal care. urge schools to provide early identification and special classes. create workshops to train retarded individuals for employment. identify job opportunities in companies. treat the mentally retarded as citizens with a chance to live useful lives. and request a free booklet from the President's Committee on Mental Retardation in Washington DC.
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President's Committee On
Washington, D.C