Presidential Address 1990: Mental Retardation at the Close of the 20th Century: A New Realism.

Ellis, James W.

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ERIC Number: EJ421401

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1990

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Presidential Address 1990: Mental Retardation at the Close of the 20th Century: A New Realism.

Ellis, James W.

Mental Retardation, v28 n5 p263-67 Oct 1990

The President of the American Association on Mental Retardation offers a newly realistic approach to mental retardation, requiring honest assessment of the impact of mental retardation, full rights for people with mental retardation, public policies to enhance integration, and awareness of sources of peril to the lives and freedom of people with mental retardation. (JDD)

Descriptors: Civil Rights, Mainstreaming, Mental Retardation, Normalization (Handicapped), Public Policy, Social Integration

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Audience: Policymakers

Language: English

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