Mental Retardation

None of the Poor Children Matter

Pat LaMarche | Posted 05.06.2012

Read More: Mental Illness, Poverty, Homelessness, Foster Care, National Coalition for the Homeless, Mental Retardation, Soup Kitchen, Adoption, Impact News
Pat LaMarche

Joan's mom died about a year before Joan's troubles began. Her pregnancy, jail time and homelessness began after her once life-long guardian was no longer there to protect her.

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California Lawmaker Wants The R-Word Out Of State Laws

The Huffington Post | Melissa Jeltsen | Posted 03.08.2012

Read More: Fran Pavley, CA State Senator Fran Pavley, Intellectual Disabilities, California, California State Senate, Mental Retardation, California R-Word, Los Angeles News

A state legislator introduced a bill to remove the word "retarded" from California's law books on Wednesday, calling the word outdated and demeaning. ...

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Why A Hospital Should Deny A Transplant To A 'Mentally Retarded' Child

Lisa Belkin | Posted 03.17.2012

Read More: Kidney Transplant, Wolf-Hirschhorn Syndrome, Denied Transplant, Cognitive Disabilities, Mental Retardation, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Amelia Rivera, Kurt Hirschhorn, Parents News
Lisa Belkin

Amelia Rivera is 3 years old. Born with Wolf-Hirschhorn Syndrome, doctors have told her parents that she will die in 6 months to a year without a kidney transplant. They also said that they would not perform that transplant.

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Jon Ward

Bachmann's Ex-Campaign Manager Calls 'Retardation' Comment A Mistake

HuffingtonPost.com | Jon Ward | Posted 11.14.2011

Read More: HPV Vaccine, Video, Michele Bachmann, Human Papillomavirus, Mental Retardation, Elections 2012, Cervical Cancer, Ed Rollins, Chris Matthews, Rick Perry, Michele Bachmann Hpv Vaccine, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Ed Rollins, the former campaign manager for Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.), strongly criticized the presidential candidate's comments e...

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John Rudolf

Milton Mathis, Convicted Killer, Executed In Texas Despite Evidence Of Retardation

HuffingtonPost.com | John Rudolf | Posted 12.01.2011

Read More: Texas Death Penalty, Execution, The Docket, Mental Retardation, Texas Governor Rick Perry, Death Penalty, Texas Execution, Texas Governor, Mental Disability, Rick Perry, Crime News

A man convicted of slaying two people and critically injuring a third in a drug house shooting was executed on Tuesday evening by Texas officials, des...

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Jane Lynch In Striking Hit Out Against The R Word

Posted 07.25.2011

Read More: Glee, Lauren Potter, Retard, Mental Retardation, R-Word Retardation, Jane Lynch, Retarded, R-Word, Jane Lynch R-Word PSA, Celebrities, Entertainment News

Her "Glee" character Sue Sylvester may be caustic and a bit foul mouthed, but off the screen, Jane Lynch is working to stamp out hateful, discriminato...

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When a Kid Needs a Home, Not Just Any Home Will Do

Pat LaMarche | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Homeless, Orphanage, Rape, Mental Retardation, Developmental Delays, Adoption, Impact News
Pat LaMarche

Paige was given away at five. A story was written about her in the newspaper and interested parties were invited to take her home and see if they wanted to keep her.

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How Iodine May Help Protect You From Radiation Damage

Anne Dunev | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Iodine, RADIATION EXPOSURE, Los Alamos, Thyroid Cancer, Mental Retardation, Thyroid, Scien, Los-Alamos-National-Laboratory, TSA Security, Thyroid Medication, Air Travel, Radiation, Thyroid-Cancer, Health, Home News
Anne Dunev

How much radiation a person can handle without developing cancer is very individual. Having sufficient iodine can help protect your body against many types of radiation.

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American Imbeciles: Henry Herbert Goddard, Psychologist

Dan Agin | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Leisure Class, Mental Retardation, American Arrogance, Healthy Living News
Dan Agin

In 1912 a book published in New York provided the American public with a diverting detailed account of a family with a strange name and an unsavory pa...

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Fighting to erase the "R" Word

The Towerlight | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Downs Syndrome, Special Education, The South, Rush Limbaugh, Rahm Emanuel, Towson-University, Sarah Palin, Mental Retardation, College News

Rianna Stokes, a Towson junior, is doing her part to promote the pledge, "Spread the Word to End the Word" sponsored by Special Olympics and Best Budd...

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Limbaugh's Barbs Test Palin's Honest Outrage

Margaret Carlson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Margaret Carlson, Rush Limbaugh, Trig Palin, Rahm Emanuel, Mental Retardation, Sarah Palin, Politics News
Margaret Carlson

I never thought it would come to this. Sarah Palin is going to have to unheart Rush Limbaugh. Otherwise the only conclusion is that she fakes her emotions, even those that seem most genuine.

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J. Langdon Down: A Man, a Time, and a Syndrome

Dan Agin | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Down Syndrome, J. Langdon Down, Mental Retardation, Healthy Living News
Dan Agin

In England in 1866, an obscure medical superintendent of an asylum for idiots in Surrey, England, published a short paper in a London hospital journal. The author of the paper was J. Langdon Down.

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Handicapped Man Faces Homelessness After Financial Crisis Demolishes Trust Fund

Huffington Post | Zach Dorfman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mental Retardation, Traumatic Brain Injury, Bureaucracy, Health Care Reform, Financial Crisis, Bearing Witness 2.0, Bearing Witness, Health Care, Business News

As part of the Huffington Post's efforts to bear witness to the effects of the current economic environment on ordinary Americans, we're rounding up s...

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Eunice Kennedy Shriver's Legacy

Michael R. Gardner | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Special Olympics, Mental Retardation, Georgetown University, Sport Disabled, Eunice Kennedy Shriver Dies, Mentally Challenged Children, Mentally Retarded, Developmentally Disabled, Rockville Maryland Estate, Eunice Kennedy Shriver, Madame De Gaulle, Politics News
Michael R. Gardner

In those days, mentally challenged children were largely out-of-sight, hidden away. The prospect of these youngsters succeeding at anything -- especially sports -- was viewed as preposterous.

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The Stimulus Package and SAT Scores

Anita Weinberg | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sat Scores, Poverty, US Poverty, Low-Income, Jobs, Obama Job Creation, Stimulus, Obama Stimulus Plan, Economic Stimulus Package, Lead Paint, Spending, Stimulus Package, Mental Retardation, Illinois, Economic Stimulus, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Job Creation, Politics News
Anita Weinberg

Aside from the obvious health benefits, lead removal from homes would accomplish the what the stimulus seeks -- creating jobs and reversing the economic impacts for low-income families.

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Why is Ohio Retarded but Connecticut Isn't?

Kim Stagliano | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Tropic Thunder, Autism, Health, Ben Stiller, Farrelly Brothers, Mental Retardation, Civil Rights, Healthy Living News
Kim Stagliano

As a writer, and the mother of three girls with autism, I choose my words carefully when writing about people with disabilities.

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