How do you understanding mental illenss and mental retardation?
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mental retardation is when one is growing without following the norm. the average person is between 80-110 of IQ (average score in tests,like Weschler Scales,Stanford-Binet test etc.).the person with mental retardation is below 75.\nnow,about mental illness,we're talking about a totally different situation.some of the sumptoms are alike,like in autism and schizophrenia or psychosis.mental illness is major depression,bipolar or dysthymic disorder,schizophrenia,conduct disorders, such as oppositional disorder or aggression etc.\nfor more details,please contact...
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most definitly you should be able to!  Start with Social Security.  Not only can they at least give you a start in applying for benefits for her and yourself (since you are primary care giver) but they can tell you where you can go to get other help.  United way is always a great start, they are a great clearing house of resources.  ARC is another (Association of Retarded Citizens), they can help with alot of things.  So can your local association for the mentally ill.  These are just starting points.  Look in your phone book, there are always listings for places that can help or point you in the right direction.
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I take it you mean retarded and not a victim of the phantom jam tart thrower.\n\nPeople with a mental disability don't see the world as we do.  Sometimes they don't know how to respond with appropriate behaviour, sometimes they get frustrated and angry.  It takes a lot of love and a lot of patience to learn to deal with them.  It says a lot about your good heart that you still refer to her as your friend, even though she might hurt you by being mean to you.  She neeeds friends who will like her in spite of her unacceptable behaviour, and sometimes even friends who will say to her that they like her, but don't always like the way she behaves.
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Like your mind or something..\nLike when you think? Make sense?\n\nWhen you do things without thinking you're stupid.\nBut you use that little friend (your mind) to help you. :)
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I haven't found anything yet with which I somehow can't find common ground.  Insanity, low self-esteem, harriedness, coping with broken bodies, (not on a regular basis, but yes, it has been part of my life), witnessing miracles, (there have been a few), learning to appreciate the tiniest good in someone, facing violence, laying on a remote beach, skinny-dipping at night, pulling leaches off my feet, stressful job, artistic liscence, court appearances, an audience yelling and clapping, (so what if most of them were half cut?) cops at the door, uncertainties in picking life's goals, man, you name it, I think I can understand it.  I think my life has been like those beatitudes.  I even understand hunger and thirst.  I understand emotional hunger and thirst.  I understand how our society got the way it got, I even understand how people USED to think.  I even can understand Shakespeare.  I thought I found a loop-hole in the molecular theory once.  Did I mention insanity?
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To better understand the mechanics of human thought. Map the psyche. Study the social/mental operation of society. Differentiate between mental illness and psychosis. The list goes on and on.
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I'm assuming that you don't mean dumb in a bad or derogatory way. If you mean dumb as in mute, there are children who are born mute. And if you mean dumb as in lacking in mental capacity, there are birth defects like retardation.
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Retardation is negative acceleration.\nSo how on earth can you expect there to be 5 differences between them.
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one of the characteristics of autism is mental retardation (an IQ severely below average), so i guess you could say that it causes it, yeah. it goes hand in hand with it.\n\ni just meant that it COULD be a characteristic, so if someone had autism and was mentally retarded, it could be because of the disease. and i know not all people with autism are. and individuals with aspergers have normal to high IQs even. all i was doing was answering the question 'could austism cause a person to be a retard?' and while poorly worded, yeah it could.
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This is so, well, mean.  A mentally retarded person, who is blind and deaf would most likely be in a home of some sort.  There would be ways of communication.  \n\nAnd it is most likely that this person is not mentally retarded, but is called "dumb" because of the lack of formal education that is suited to his needs.  There is a special form of sign language that is used for people who are both deaf and blind.
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It is difficult to answer your question because you haven't indicated exactly what type of skills this adult needs to learn.  People who are mentally challenged are all different so it is impossible to give specific examples.\n\nThe James Stanfield Company is one of the best sources for learning materials generally for people who are mentally challenged.\n\nI hope this is of some help.
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I'm disabled with mental illness and my mom and dad don't get it, or where I'm coming from, mostly because I was adopted and that presents two major barriers to understanding, and they continue to think I could snap out of it any day now. \n\nSince you're disabled and can't get away from them for financial reasons, you're going to have to learn how to stop listening to their BS, which is probably all they have to say to you. The best thing that I ever learned was that critical people are just projecting their own inner issues, and what they say is not a reflection on your worth as a person. No one else can tell you who you are. You have to define yourself, find your own passions and pursue them to the best of your ability. If you're sick, then getting well should be your number one goal in life. Don't give it up. Life is worth it.
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Approximately 85% of the mentally retarded population is in the mildly retarded category.  Their IQ score ranges from 50–70, and they can often acquire academic skills up to about the sixth-grade level. They can become fairly self-sufficient and, in some cases, live independently, with community and social support.\nIf the person is in this group then I see no reason why they shouldn't attend school and regular class.  \n If they need more help or are disruptive then they should be put in a special education class or they have aides to help them.
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We need a little more information in order to help you.  What is the nature of the special need?  For example, does the child have a hearing impairment, or a learning disability, or a physical disability?  How you do the adaptation depends on the disability and the child's strengths and needs.  Possibly if you can add details you may get several good suggestions.
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First, we find out what strengths that person has, compared both to others and to him/herself.  These strengths are tools that can be used to explore and learn in the person's areas of weakness.\n\nWe then define the person's areas of weakness, and set goals for gains in those areas.\n\nThen we have to figure out WHY those areas are weak (having a diagnosis of the KIND of disability the person has is a big help, because every kind of disability takes a different way of teaching to help the person).\n\nIn the United States, these definitions and goals are the core of the Individual Education Plan (IEP).\n\nThen we take the goals (where we want the person to be), their strengths (what can they already do), and knowledge of the different ways of helping people with different kinds of disabilities, and design a program. Basic, overall modifications are written into the IEP. Specific curriculum, activities, and instructional approaches are outlined in the teacher's lesson plans.\n\nHere are some examples of how different disabilities are given different forms of instruction:\nLearning Disabled/Dyslexic: http://www.interdys.org/\nLearning Disabilities/Non-verbal: http://www.nlda.org/\nLearning Disabilities in general: http://www.ldonline.org/\nAutism: http://www.teacch.com/welcome.html\nHearing Impaired: http://education.qld.gov.au/curriculum/learning/students/disabilities/practice/strategies/histrategies.html\nVisually Impaired: http://www.as.wvu.edu/~scidis/vision.html\nMental Retardation: http://www.aamr.org/ for basic information, http://ericec.org/faq/mr-lifsk.html for classroom information\n\nAnd so on.
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First of all, not all mentally retarded people produce children with mental retardation.  \n\nIf the person is disabled to the point where they can't take care of themselves, I say no, they shouldn't have children.  If the person is mildly retarded it's a different story.  \n\nI generally don't believe in disallowing the right to reproduce, but if the child can not possibly be taken care of without constant outside help, I have to say that it is extremely unfair to the kids.  If the parents decide to put the child up for adoption, I'm in favor of it.  If they plan on keeping children they can't care for due to their disability, then no.  I know that sounds awful, but I'm talking about severe disability only.
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Actually even worse things than mental retardation could occur due to inbreeding.  There are "lethal" genes in human DNA which when combined=both parents have same gene, the offspring die.  Other things would be not only mental retardation but physical handicaps as well.  Basically what could happen is this.\nTake every negative thing about yourself, all the negative things about the sibling and put all that into the child that the two would create.  That is the worse case scenario.  \nYou are probably not old enough to watch the movie but you could check out "Deliverance" there are some really messed up people due to inbreeding and isolation from society.\nIt's just like a lot of the purebred dogs now have serious genetic diseases b/c of inbreeding.\nReally all you have to do is search the word inbreeding and TONS of info will come up, should answer any questions you have.