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Child Psychiatry Hum Dev. 1980;10(3):156-68. doi: 10.1007/BF01433628.

Future trends in mental retardation.

Child psychiatry and human development

F J Menolascino, L F Eaton

PMID: 6766843 DOI: 10.1007/BF01433628

Abstract

In summary, the future of retarded citizen in his or her community will encompass the full impact of today's key ideologies in human service, the fruits of research and prevention efforts, and a continuing guest to bring equal rights to a group of citizens who have for too long been termed ""unequal''. Some current key trends in the care of the mentally retarded strongly suggest that they will envolve into postures towards ideology, prevention, treatment-management, advocacy, and economical approaches which will be oriented along the lines of the nine future trends herein presented. A persisting strong advocacy group of parents, interested professionals, and handicapped citizens themselves will keep pushing back the future horizons of help and hope.

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