Article: X-linked West Syndrome and mental retardation

Article: New mental retardation epidemiology findings from ...
Biotech Week;  August 5, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... Magenis syndrome and West syndrome," researchers in Sendai, Japan report (see also Mental Retardation Epidemiology). "West syndrome became apparent at 7 months of age. Since then, mental retardation, particularly in terms ...

Article: Mental Retardation
International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences;      700+ words ...Mental Retardation The U.S. Department of Education defines mental retardation as “ significantly subaverage general ... b][5]). The American Association on Mental Retardation (AAMR) defines it in a similar way ...

Article: Mental Retardation, Education of Individuals With
Encyclopedia of Education;      700+ words ...MENTAL RETARDATION, EDUCATION OF INDIVIDUALS WITH ... terminology, and etiology of mental retardation have changed, influencing services ... Definition and Prevalence of Mental Retardation Mental retardation is a condition ...

Article: Mental retardation
Gale Encyclopedia of Mental Disorders;      700+ words ...Mental retardation Definition Mental retardation (MR) is a developmental disability that first appears ... living skills (adaptive functioning). Description Mental retardation begins in childhood or adolescence before the age of ...

Article: What 'Mental Retardation' Means, and Why the Term ...
The Washington Post;  March 29, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... references to students or children with mental retardation were "old-fashioned, and, to ... disabled." I'm using the term "mental retardation" because: That is the term that ... either students with mild to moderate mental retardation or students with moderate to severe ...

Article: Introduction to mental retardation.
Pediatrics for Parents;  February 1, 1991 ;     700+ words ...People with mental retardation mature at a below-average ... and economic productivity. Mental retardation is not a disease, nor should ... mental illness. Children with mental retardation grow into adults with mental ...

Article: Genetics of mental retardation
Indian Journal of Medical Sciences;  September 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ...Mental retardation is characterized by significantly ... the age of 18.[1] The term mental retardation is not in itself a diagnosis ... between 'pathological' severe mental retardation (SMR) and 'familial' (usually ...