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 Mental Retardation and Psychiatry - http://www.psychiatry.com/mr/ Links to articles from psychiatric journals. |
 Psychiatric Assessment of the Person With Mental Retardation - http://www.psychiatry.com/mr/assessment.html Full text of a paper published in the Psychiatric Annals 27:3/March 1997. |
 Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities Research Reviews - http://www.journals.wiley.com/1080-4013/ Journal information, table of contents, and online order form. |
 It's OK to Be Different - http://home.ptd.net/~jsamra 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. |
 UVa Special Education: Resources on Mental Retardation - http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/go/cise/ose/categories/mr.html Definition with links to resources. |
 Death Penalty and Mental Retardation in the U.S.A. - http://www.hrw.org/campaigns/deathpenalty/ 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. |
 Mental Retardation: A Symptom and a Syndrome - http://www.uab.edu/cogdev/mentreta.htm Full text of a paper published in the "Comprehensive Textbook of Child and Adolescent Disorders". |
 Best Buddies International, Inc. - http://www.bestbuddies.org Enhances the lives of people with mental retardation by providing opportunities for socialization and employment. Site describes programs and gives contact information. |
 Down Home Ranch - http://www.downhomeranch.org/ Working farm and ranch for those with mental handicaps. |
 American Association on Mental Retardation - http://www.aamr.org Promotes global development and dissemination of progressive policies, research, effective practices, and universal human rights for people with intellectual disabilities. |
 Children Who Are Mentally Retarded - http://www.aacap.org/publications/factsfam/retarded.htm From the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, this defines what mental retardation means and how children are thriving in our communities today. |
 National Association of QMRPs (NAQ) - http://www.qmrp.org/ Resource for research, networking, and addressing issues that concern Qualified Mental Retardation Professionals (also known as Case Managers). |
 International Order of Alhambra - http://www.orderalhambra.org/ A fraternal order of Catholic men dedicated to assisting persons developmentally disabled by mental retardation. |
 Help Foundation - http://www.helpfoundationinc.org Serves children and adults with mental retardation and developmental disabilities in northeast Ohio - care, education, and housing. |
 President's Committee for People with Intellectual Disabilities - http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/pcmr/ The PCMR acts in an advisory capacity to the President and the Secretary of Health and Human Services on matters relating to programs and services for persons with mental retardation. |
 MedlinePlus: Mental retardation - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/001523.htm Summary and links to information on causes. |
 Jablonski's Multiple Congenital Anomaly/Mental Retardation Syndromes - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/jablonski/syndrome_title.html Database of structured descriptions of congenital abnormalities associated with mental retardation. |
 The Family Village - Cognitive Disability / Mental Retardation - http://www.familyvillage.wisc.edu/lib_cdmr.htm Directory of contact information for organizations and links to information. |
 Arc of Chester County - http://www.arcofchestercounty.org Empowering individuals with mental retardation and other developmental disabilities and their families. |
 Greene County Board of Mental Retardation - http://www.greenemrdd.org A description of the programs and services available through the Greene County, Ohio, Board of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities |