retardation

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The Arc was founded in the 1950s by parents of disabled children, and Kennedy created a Presidential Panel on Mental Retardation to create momentum for important changes in national policy.

From Salon • Feb. 21, 2023

Commissioner of the Department of Mental Retardation, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court unanimously affirmed a lower-court finding of contempt against the Commonwealth of Massachusetts for its interference with the use of electronic stimulus devices.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 23, 2016

In October 1963, the passage of the Mental Retardation Facilities and Community Mental Health Centers Construction Act increased support for public mental health services.

From Textbooks • Dec. 30, 2014

Until now, Brackman’s biggest art project was Daniel Angiulu’s work at the former Mental Health and Mental Retardation Authority building at 2850 Fannin, across the street from “Preservons.”

From Washington Times • Jun. 5, 2014

Retardation is continually balanced by acceleration, and the motion of the sphere would, therefore, be approximately uniform about the central axis of rotation.

From The Energy System of Matter A Deduction from Terrestrial Energy Phenomena by Weir, James