Mental Retardation in the Year 2000

ISBN-13: 9781461391173 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 389 str.

Louis Rowitz

Opis

When you look at the advances in the field of mental retardation over the past 30 years, it is hard to imagine that more change is inevitable. Yet, I think back to the time when, early in his presidency, President Kennedy called together the brightest scientists, researchers, doctors, and educators to develop a comprehensive plan for the nation to effectively care for, treat, educate, and house persons with mental retardation. In the early 1960s the call for new research into the causes and the amelioration of mental retardation, the development of community-based programs, and the development of family care for appropriate education, vocational training, and jobs were seen as revolutionary. But, in the 30 years since then, we have seen time and time again that it is persons with mental retardation themselves who have led the way. When the schools were opened to them, they learned more than any one ever thought possible; when vocational training was provided, they learned skills that led to jobs; when employment became available, they proved to be good steady workers who earned money and paid taxes. When the playing fields were made available to them through programs such as Special Olympics, they showed the world they could train and compete and WIN in the sports of the Olympics. When communities welcomed them, they became our neighbors. They have earned the right to play on any field, to study in any school, to hold a paying job, and to be anyone's neighbor."

Spis treści

Prologue.- 1 Mental Retardation in the Year 2000.- 1 Trends on Conceptual Issues.- 2 The Impact of Changing Paradigms of Disability on Mental Retardation in the Year 2000.- 3 Ethics and Mental Retardation: Steps Toward the Ethics of Community.- 4 Quality of Life and Quality of Care in Mental Retardation.- 2 Trends on Family and Life Course.- 5 Increasing Knowledge on Family Issues: A Research Agenda for 2000.- 6 Family Caregiving Across the Full Life Span.- 7 Adolescence and Community Adjustment.- 8 Lifelong Disability and Aging.- 3 Trends on Health and Service.- 9 HIV Infection and Mental Retardation.- 10 Prevention of Mental Retardation (Genetics).- 11 Mental Retardation and Mental Illness in the Year 2000: Issues and Trends.- 12 Expansion of the Health-Care Delivery System.- 13 Policy and Program Development for Infants and Toddlers With Disabilities.- 14 The Changing Face of Residential Services.- 4 Trends on Service and Policy Issues.- 15 Critical Issues in Planning Vocational Services in the 1990s.- 16 A Brief Look at Technology and Mental Retardation in the 21st Century.- 17 Beyond Benevolence: Legal Protection for Persons With Special Needs.- 18 Staffing Issues in the Early 21st Century: Labor Supply, Program Models, and Technology.- 19 Fiscal and Demographic Trends in Mental Retardation Services: The Emergence of the Family.- 20 Future of National Data Bases.- Epilogue.- 21 Predictions for the 1990s and Beyond.- Author Index.