Physical Activity for the Mentally Handicapped: A Unit of Learning

A Dental Surgical Unit for the Mentally Handicapped

Function Its purpose was to treat patients whose degree of subnormality was such that operative procedures with local anaesthesia and sedation would be difficult and rarely successful. Full general anaesthesia with endotracheal intubation and throat pack made it possible for the most intractable patient to have the necessary treatment completed in one visit. The theatre is equipped with all the...

Teamwork for the Mentally Handicapped

Proposals for a new, community-based service for the mentally handicapped.

A Working Community for Mentally Handicapped Adults

SEVEN miles from Aberdeen, on the lovely road to Braemar, lies the Newton Dee Estate, recognised by the Ministry of Labour as a sheltered workshop for the mentally handicapped. There is a fundamental difference between it and most other "sheltered workshops," for it is a social experiment, and all who are there not only share the working life, but live together as a really integrated village co...

When the Mentally Handicapped Paint

Abuse of mentally handicapped adults.