New Edition of AAMR Classic Defines Mental Retardation; Proposes New System of Supports for Persons with Developmental Disabilities

From: U.S. Newswire | Date: July 17, 2002 | Copyright information

WASHINGTON, July 17 /U.S. Newswire/ -- What is mental retardation? How is it diagnosed and classified? Can Intelligence Quotient (IQ) alone determine whether a person has mental retardation? What are supports and how can they help persons with mental retardation? The new 10th edition of Mental Retardation: Definition, Classification, and Systems of Supports answers these questions in-depth. Published by the American Association on Mental Retardation (AAMR), the book contains the latest ver...