Mental Retardation - Articles
Affymetrix microarrays in mental retardation research
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Albin P.
... the University of Tuebingen in Germany and the NHS Regional Genetics Laboratory in Birmingham, U.K. for the European Cytogenetic Research Initiative to investigate causes of mental retardation,microarray technology will be used to try to identify the specific causative mutations in mentally retarded children.Currently, cytogeneticists use karyotyp ...
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The hard truth about the mentally retarded...
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Kelly
... rt from the District. While I am used to hearing terms like "Skill Level is at a 0 to 4 month level", it is not easy to read. Physically on the surface, Jenelle does not look mentally retarded. However on paper, she is the exact description of a mentally retarded child. Again, this is no surprise, but never easy to hear. So I had a good cry, and no ...
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Autisms versus Mental Retardation.
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Dr. Steve Murphy
... likely is the reason male subjects were screened. What was found is that 1% i.e. 1 patient was found with the mutation. Previously this gene has been found in 2% of X-linked mental retardation. Second only to Fragile X Syndrome which is screened for prenatally.The Gene Sherpa says: Personally I don't think we can call this an Autism gene per se. P ...
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JFK and the National Plan to Combat Mental Retardation
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WelcometoIllinois
... nt for children with mental disability.As this information from the Arc of Massachusetts indicates, President Kennedy in fact drove a plan to create A National Plan to Combat Mental Retardation in the early 1960s.It is a testament to how important this issue was for President Kennedy that the National Plan and its impact was given prominence in mus ...
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MIT corrects inherited retardation, autism in mice
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Harold L D.
... utism in mice Research points to potential drug treatment CAMBRIDGE, Mass.- Researchers at MIT's Picower Institute for Learning and Memory have corrected key symptoms of mental retardation and autism in mice. The work, which will be reported in the Dec. 20 issue of Neuron, also indicates that a certain class of drugs could have the same effec ...
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Do You Get It?
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Stephanie B.
RespectableEndearing Thoughtful Affectionate Radiant Delightful Aiden may one day be classified as "mentally retarded" and if he does, I hope he goes "Full Retard"!
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Autistic
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Kev Leitch
... o “Society for people with blindess”. Any reason to do that?Much of the discussion of “person first” in regards to autism, I am fairly sure, based on the nature of the term “Mental Retardation”. Once we hear “mental retardation”, it is hard to not hear “Mentally Retarded”, “Retarded” or the word that was discussed a lot in 2008: “Retard”.“Retard” ...
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House health care bill labels "retarded"
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Barbara C.
... even in the language of the current Health Care "Reform" Act. From the New York Post, July 26:The proposed health-insurance bill from the House of Representatives refers to mentally disabled people as "retarded" -- a term advocates, relatives and physicians find outdated and offensive. The bill refers to: "A hospital or a nursing facility or int ...
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Clinic Notes: The Window to the Mind of Children with Autism
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Dr. Gary B.
... learn to push the buttons on a speech augmentative device and generate electronic words. The autism literature says that anywhere from 75 to 90% of children with autism are mentally retarded, but I don't believe it. I am convinced that many children with autism who tested as mentally retarded would loose their mentally retarded diagnosis if they ...
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