- American Association on Mental Retardation - - Promotes global development and dissemination of progressive policies, research, effective practices, and universal human rights for people with intellectual disabilities.
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- Arc of Chester County - - Empowering individuals with mental retardation and other developmental disabilities and their families.
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- Best Buddies International, Inc. - - Enhances the lives of people with mental retardation by providing opportunities for socialization and employment. Site describes programs and gives contact information.
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- Children Who Are Mentally Retarded - - From the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, this defines what mental retardation means and how children are thriving in our communities today.
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- Death Penalty and Mental Retardation in the U.S.A. - - 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.
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- Down Home Ranch - - Working farm and ranch for those with mental handicaps.
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- Help Foundation - - Serves children and adults with mental retardation and developmental disabilities in northeast Ohio - care, education, and housing.
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- It's OK to Be Different - - 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.
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- Mental Retardation Fact Sheet - - Definition, teaching tips, and contact information from the National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities.
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- National Association of QMRPs (NAQ) - - Resource for research, networking, and addressing issues that concern Qualified Mental Retardation Professionals (also known as Case Managers).
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- President's Committee on Mental Retardation - - 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.
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