An adult with mental retardation who commits a murder should be held legally accountable (assuming the retardation is not so profound as to render him or her incompetent to stand trial).

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A team of Harvard doctors has discovered a new hereditary disease, caused by an enzyme deficiency, which leads to mental retardation. Children afflicted with the disease exhibit a built-in ...

Learn why the R-word, R-worded, or any form of the phrase "mental retardation" is no longer an acceptable way to describe ...

1,2 Taking into account these issues and considering mental retardation (MR) as a paradigm of clinical genetics, we aimed to explore HCPs' and mothers' knowledge, perceptions and attitudes about ...

The Journal Star spoke to Thomas Kokoraleis in person in Peoria and reviewed his court cases. Here's what we learned.

In the U.S., passage of the Mental Retardation Facilities and Community Mental Health Centers Construction Act provides the first federal money for developing a network of community-based mental ...

Developmental Disabilities (2006), Grant - Massachusetts Department of Mental Retardation Developmental Disabilities (2005), Grant - Massachusetts Department of Mental Retardation Developmental ...

A century after Down syndrome was first described, scientists discovered that the root cause of this disorder is a condition called trisomy 21. What strides in research have been made since then?

The campaign views men as Trump’s path to victory, and many staffers talk like it. Soon after Donald Trump’s campaign team ...

High rates of mental retardation and autism spectrum disorders are associated with the diagnosis. Early-onset seizures and increased tuber burden are risk factors for cognitive impairment.

In a live birth, chromosomal imbalance generally produces some phenotypic effect, most often congenital anomalies and mental retardation. There are 2 basic types of chromosomal imbalance ...