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Mild mental retardation: what rights, what responsibilities
Mild mental retardation: what rights, what responsibilities
Series Title(s):
Medicine and society forum
Contributor(s):
Towers, Bernard. University of California, Los Angeles. School of Medicine.
Publication:
Los Angeles : Univ. of California : [for loan or sale by its Instructional Media Library], 1975
A psychiatric social worker, a professor of anthropology, and a professor of child psychiatry assemble on a panel to discuss the rights and responsibilities that should be accorded a person with intellectual disabilities. One panelist claims that someone with an intellectual disability may simply be incapable of living a normal life, while the other two argue that with the right support, such a life is possible. The panelists note that in order for an intellectually disabled person to develop and maintain responsibilities, he or she must be trusted with certain tasks and expectations as a child. Too often, parents of these children coddle them past the point where skills can be acquired. Above all, the panelists agree that medical advancements are being made, and recent improvements have made it easier for the intellectually disabled to live in mainstream society.
Copyright:
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