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This book is the product of a working party, set up by the Church Information Nice. It sets out the ways in which needs of the mentally handicapped child and s Parents may be met, gives clear and practical advice on the religious training these children, and shows how they and their families can be incorporated in the "fistian fellowship of their community and parish. Particularly valuable is the ress on the need for emotional and spiritual support and guidance for the whole family just the handicapped member. After review of the statutory and voluntary ^fvices available, family histories are used to show the practical needs of families, the ways in which a Christian community can aid its neighbours. We are reminded, n simple terms, of the medical causes of subnormality and of the fact that this is a Problem which any family may have to accept.