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Peer reviewedPeters, Larry G. – American Journal of Mental Deficiency, 1980
The Tamang of the Kathmandu Valley have an agrarian society with little demand for literacy and schooling, yet they recognize and label mental retardation. The criteria for labeling are based partially upon insufficiency of intelligence and behavioral adaptation but primarily upon speech incompetence. (Author)
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Cultural Differences, Ethnic Groups, Foreign Countries
