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1.UVa Special Education: Resources on Mental Retardation
Definition with links to resources.
URL:http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/go/cise/ose/categories/mr.html
2.It's OK to Be Different
Highlights some of the ways students with multiple disabilities and mental retardation are taught. Includes informational links to some of the conditions the students in this class possess.
URL:http://home.ptd.net/~jsamra
3.Children Who Are Mentally Retarded
From the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, this defines what mental retardation means and how children are thriving in our communities today.
URL:http://www.aacap.org/publications/factsfam/retarded.htm
4.American Association on Mental Retardation
Promotes global development and dissemination of progressive policies, research, effective practices, and universal human rights for people with intellectual disabilities.
URL:http://www.aamr.org
5.Best Buddies International, Inc.
Enhances the lives of people with mental retardation by providing opportunities for socialization and employment. Site describes programs and gives contact information.
URL:http://www.bestbuddies.org
6.Life Skills for Students with Mental Retardation
Links to related Internet resources, Internet discussion groups, and selected citations from the ERIC database.
URL:http://www.cec.sped.org/main/sitedex.html
7.Mental Retardation. ERIC Digest E528
Basic information on mental retardation including definitions, statistics, educational implications, and additional readings.
URL:http://www.ed.gov/databases/ERIC_Digests/ed372593.html
8.The Family Village - Cognitive Disability / Mental Retardation
Directory of contact information for organizations and links to information.
URL:http://www.familyvillage.wisc.edu/lib_cdmr.htm
9.Death Penalty and Mental Retardation in the U.S.A.
Since the U.S. death penalty was reinstated in 1976, at least thirty-five people with MR have been executed in the United States. They cannot understand fully what they did wrong. Many cannot even comprehend the punishment that awaits them.
URL:http://www.hrw.org/campaigns/deathpenalty/
10.Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities Research Reviews
Journal information, table of contents, and online order form.
URL:http://www.journals.wiley.com/1080-4013/
11.The Merck Manual -- Mental Retardation
Causes, diagnosis, and treatment, with links to related disorders.
URL:http://www.merck.com/pubs/mmanual_home/sec23/255.htm
12.Murdoch Center Foundation
A nonprofit corporation dedicated to education, training, research, information dissemination, and professional development in the field of mental retardation.
URL:http://www.murdochfoundation.org
13.Mental Retardation Fact Sheet
Definition, teaching tips, and contact information from the National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities.
URL:http://www.nichcy.org/pubs/factshe/fs8txt.htm
14.Medlineplus - Mental retardation
Causes listed by category.
URL:http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/001523.htm
15.Jablonski's Multiple Congenital Anomaly/Mental Retardation Syndromes
Database of structured descriptions of congenital abnormalities associated with mental retardation.
URL:http://www.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/jablonski/syndrome_title.html
16.Mental Retardation and Psychiatry
Links to articles from psychiatric journals.
URL:http://www.psychiatry.com/mr/
17.Psychiatric Assessment of the Person With Mental Retardation
Full text of a paper published in the Psychiatric Annals 27:3/March 1997.
URL:http://www.psychiatry.com/mr/assessment.html
18.National Association of QMRPs (NAQ)
Resource for research, networking, and addressing issues that concern Qualified Mental Retardation Professionals (also known as Case Managers).
URL:http://www.qmrp.org/
19.Mental Retardation: A Symptom and a Syndrome
Full text of a paper published in the "Comprehensive Textbook of Child and Adolescent Disorders".
URL:http://www.uab.edu/cogdev/mentreta.htm
20.International Association for the Scientific Study of Intellectual Disabilities (IASSID)
An international and interdisciplinary scientific organization to promote worldwide research and exchange of information on intellectual disabilities (mental retardation and related developmental disabilities) .
URL:http://www.waisman.wisc.edu/iassid/index.html
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