Mental Retardation: A Follow-up Study of Seven Patients, Ages Twenty to Twenty-Two, Who Were Admitted From 1950 Through 1952 to the Clinic for Mentally Retarded Children, Flower and Fifth Avenue Hospitals, New York, New York, 1965
Abstract
Background of the Study. In an age when achievement, social status, intellectual acumen-and economic productivity are an index to one’s worth to society, mental retardation can be a tragic event in the life of any family. Statistically speaking, it may be considered as one of our country’s most significant handicaps. Of the 4,200,000 children born in the United States each year, three per cent or 126,000 will never achieve the intellect of a twelve year old child; 0.5 per cent or 12,600 will never reach the seven year level; and 0.1 per cent or 4,200, will spend their lives as completely helpless individuals in need of constant attention for even their common biological functions, that is, if they survive infancy and early childhood. The increasing complexity of society with its specialization and .competition places new demands on the individual in terms of his ability to succeed, in acquiring occupational skills and adapting to constantly changing methods in industry. The stress of competition must be withstood if he is to continue to function well and make some contribution to society.
Subject Area
Developmental psychology|Mental health|Social work|Statistics
Recommended Citation
Baroody, Tonya Catherine, "Mental Retardation: A Follow-up Study of Seven Patients, Ages Twenty to Twenty-Two, Who Were Admitted From 1950 Through 1952 to the Clinic for Mentally Retarded Children, Flower and Fifth Avenue Hospitals, New York, New York, 1965" (1963). ETD Collection for Fordham University. AAI30670855.
https://research.library.fordham.edu/dissertations/AAI30670855
