Data gathered from interviews with 18 persons leaving a residential institution for the mentally retarded and entering independent living indicated such levels of adjustment and functioning as the following: the majority were fully employed as middle-income working persons, all were adept at using public transportation, and almost all would rather…

Forty-eight adults with mental retardation assessed their daily living competency using the revised Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales. Compared to subject and counselor interviews and demonstrated competency, the self-evaluation yielded highly consistent results on domains measuring adaptive skills, though subjects underreported problematic…