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Peer reviewedSchupf, Nicole; And Others – Mental Retardation, 1995
Prevalence of intestinal parasite infection among program participants of the New York State Office of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities for 1986-87 was estimated at 7.3%, suggesting that management of parasitic infection is improving. Males and individuals with severe/profound mental retardation were twice as likely to have…
Descriptors: Communicable Diseases, Disease Control, Incidence, Mental Retardation
Peer reviewedWolfensberger, Wolf – Mental Retardation, 1971
The impact of epidemiological trends upon residential services is discussed, with the prediction that institutions will be phased out in the future. (CB)
Descriptors: Attitudes, Disease Control, Exceptional Child Services, Incidence
