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Begnadigt
2008-01-17 23:15:00 In Texas wurde Daniel Plata, 32, vom Texas Court of Criminal Appeals wegen geistiger Behinderung begnadigt und sein Todesurteil in lebenslange Haft umgewandelt. Plata wurde wegen der Tötung eines Ladenangestellten während eines Raubüberfalls im Jahre 1995 zum Tode verurteilt. Die Frage nach einer evtl. geistigen Behinderung Plata’s tauchte auf nachdem der U.S. Supreme Court im Jahre ...
Characteristics that autism and mental retardation share in common
2007-10-04 11:08:00 There’s some Characteristics that autism and mental retardation share in common: 1. Echolalia. This involves repetion of things that others say. For example, you would say to the child “put your toys away” and the child would repeat it back. The child would not be thinking about the content of the words. It would be an ...
By: Autism-World
Criminalizing Mental Retardation in North Carolina
2007-10-02 16:16:00 Apparently, you don’t have to be declared an enemy combatant to be detained for an indefinite period without trial in America. In some parts of the country, being poor, black, and mentally retarded is sufficient, as the following disturbing report from ABC News details: Man Held Without Trial for 14 Years Floyd Brown’s psychiatrists in Dorothea ...
By: Kmareka.com
The difference between Autism and Mental Retardation
2007-09-21 04:54:00 Autism and Mental Retardation are two different things.What is the difference between Autism and Mental Retardation?Most people with mental retardation show relatively even skill development, while individuals with autism typically show uneven skill development with deficits in certain areas - most frequently in their ability to communicate and relate to others - and distinct skills ...
By: Autism-World
Autism and Mental Retardation
2007-09-21 04:53:00 Autism is completely different from Mental Retardation. Children with autism are in fact very smart but lack communication skills and will never completely mature. Individuals who are mentally retarded have issues with their brain that keeps the brain from developing properly.I recall hearing somewhere that autistic children usualy have higher IQ’s than the average child. ...
By: Autism-World
Crucial Progress In Understanding Fragile X Mental Retardation Protein
2007-06-08 03:00:00 Researchers in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences at Yale School of Medicine have identified a new regulatory target for the Fragile X mental retardation protein, laying the groundwork for possible new treatments for Fragile X syndrome, the leading inherited form of mental retardation. Popularity: unranked [?] Read more at silkboard
Mental Retardation and Cancer CNVs Polymorphisms Germ-line Mutations/ Pater
2007-05-15 23:30:00 Researchers Determine Genetic Causes of Mental RetardationMarco Marra of the University of British Columbia and Lisa Lit of the University of California, Davis, discuss chromosome copy number in mental retardation. VANCOUVER, Canada, December 11, 2006 — University of British Columbia scientists, led by Marco Marra and Jan Friedman, have identified chromosomal abnormalities—genetic duplications and deletions as small as 37.6 kb—that are responsible for the development of mental retardation in children. Using whole-genome sampling analysis (WGSA) with Affymetrix Mapping 100K Arrays, the researchers pinpointed the probable genetic causes of mental retardation in at least twice as many children as conventional cytogenetic analysis, and were able to detect smaller abnormalities than can be detected using BAC-tiling-path arrays. The researchers examined 100 children and their unaffected parents; each of the children had been assessed by clinical geneticists who were unable to identi...
Man fakes mental retardation and collects Social Security fo
2006-12-09 06:54:02 You hear about people taking advantage of the system, but this might be the greatest abuse I?ve ever legitimately learned of. Twenty years ago, Rosie Marie Costello came up with a brilliant idea for some extra income. All she had to do was have a mentally retarded child. Her current child, 8-year-old Pete Costello, [...] |
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