Mental retardation
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Norrie's disease, Sjogren Larsson syndrome
Broader Terms
Narrower Terms
Downs syndrome, fragile X syndrome, Gaucher's disease, happy puppet syndrome, histidinemia, homocystinuria, Huntington's disease, Klinefelter's syndrome, Lesch Nyhan syndrome, maple syrup urine disease, neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis, oculocerebrorenal syndrome, orotic aciduria, phenylketonuria, Prader Willi syndrome, Smith Magenis syndrome, tuberous sclerosis
Related Terms
cri du chat syndrome, developmental disease /disorder, intelligence, mannosidosis, Smith Lemli Opitz syndrome, Williams syndrome
Scope Note
subnormal intellectual functioning which originates during the developmental period; multiple potential etiologies, including genetic defects and perinatal insults; intelligence quotient (IQ) scores are commonly used to determine whether an individual is mentally retarded; IQ scores between 70 and 79 are in the borderline mentally retarded range and scores below 67 are in the retarded range.
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- Mental Retardation is dedicated to meeting the information needs of those who seek effective ways to help people with mental retardation.
- What Causes Mental Retardation?Mental retardation is not a disease itself.
- Mental retardation Mental retardation is a condition of arrested or incomplete development of the mind characterized by impairment of skills and overall intelligence in areas such as cognition, language, and motor and social abilities.
- Mental retardation is 12 times more common than cerebral palsy and 30 times more prevalent than neural tube defects such as spina bifida.
- Accordingly, judges, attorneys and other court personnel must understand that the ADA requires reasonable modifications in policies, practices or procedures when necessary to ensure that an individual with mental retardation is not subject to discrimination based on disability.
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