Mentally Retarded

The "R" Word

Jamie Davis Smith | Posted 04.24.2012

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Jamie Davis Smith

Until we change this thinking, and our parlance, too many will continue to think of individuals with disabilities not as people who are valuable members of society, but as something less.

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Hospital Denies Girl With Disability A Kidney Transplant

Posted 01.17.2012

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Three-year-old Amelia Rivera suffers from a rare genetic disorder called Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome, and she needs a kidney transplant to survive. B...

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Texas Keeps Retarded Men on Death Row

Renee Feltz | Posted 05.25.2011

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Renee Feltz

In Texas, prosecutors have fought to hold off evidence of mental retardation to the penalty phase of a trial, meaning that jurors consider it only after they have convicted a defendant of murder.

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Eunice Kennedy Shriver's Legacy

Michael R. Gardner | Posted 05.25.2011

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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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Eunice Kennedy Shriver: Human Style

Carl Sferrazza Anthony | Posted 05.25.2011

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Carl Sferrazza Anthony

Part of Mrs. Shriver's public appeal was her personal authenticity. I often thought of another humanitarian in a hurry -- Eleanor Roosevelt -- whenever I ran into Mrs. Shriver.

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