ACF resources provide support for families and children dealing with mental retardation. The site offers definitions and current information on advocacy, legal issues, and policies related to disabled and mentally retarded children. Discusses education and community support services and how to provide family support for children with mental retardation. Site features programs, news, and email updates for children and family issues.
Topic: Mental Retardation
Mental Retardation: Retardation And Disabled, Retarded, Or Handicapped Children
in Child Development
A collection of websites offer in-depth information about mental retardation, focusing strongly on its prevalence in children. Websites contain articles, fact sheets and real-life stories about mentally disabled and retarded children.
Website contains statistics, articles and resources pertaining to mental retardation and disabilities. The mental retardation fact sheet discusses one mentally disabled boy’s story, and also provides a myriad of information about the causes, diagnosis, and prevalence of mental retardation. The article titled “Helping Students with Cognitive Disabilities Find and Keep a Job” discusses the benefits of employment for mentally handicapped and disabled children.
This site from the US Department of Health and Human Services contains a variety of information about mental retardation and mentally retarded and disabled children. Articles discuss various issues pertaining to mental retardation, such as the prevalence of mental retardation and helping mentally handicapped children. The “About Developmental Disabilities” section of the site addresses topics focusing in children with mental retardation and handicaps