second wife of the late Rev. H. N. Burden, whose life-work on behalf of the feeble-minded can never be forgotten. As Miss R. G. Williams she had been invited to help in the organization of Stoke Park Colony at its foundation in 1913 ; but the temporary help which she originally came to give led to her becoming the Superintendent of the Colony, an office which she continued to fill with wholehea...

A 3-year-old girl, her mother, and maternal uncle had microcephaly and mental retardation. Their facial appearance is characterized by deep-set eyes, short philtrums, and a "beaked" nose. The mother and uncle live in an adult foster care facility because of mental retardation. The 3-year-old girl has a developmental quotient of 55. Mother has normal phenylalanine level and the child's chromosom...

Policies that include children with developmental disabilities in community life increase their opportunities but also create new challenges and introduce certain risks. When high school classmates of a teenaged girl with mild mental retardation were convicted of sexually abusing her, a prominent advocate for people with disabilities noted, “The need to be loved can be a trap for the most capab...

BACKGROUND In this paper we present a survey of the literature dealing with IQ stability in children with childhood autism (CA) over the last ten years. Nowadays there is no clear evidence on this topic. SUBJECTS AND METHODS We used the online "PubMed" database. By inputting the following key words: (autism and IQ and child) and (stability or outcome or follow-up) we obtained a total of 78 re...

It is usually held that most individuals with childhood autism have poor prognosis. According to our knowledge, a favorable outcome of a child with childhood autism is quite rare and inspires a number of controversies. A 4-year-old boy was diagnosed with childhood autism and mild mental retardation. Interviews and findings reported by other specialists were used in the diagnosis and follow-up t...

objective: this study aims at conducting a systematic review of the researches performed to determine case finding rates throughout the integration of mental health services into phc over recent twenty years . method : through electronic search, major national and international databases including pubmed, psychinfo, and embase were investigated. all original studies and researches in persian or...