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ERIC Number: EJ553903
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1997
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-1079-3917
Dead Manual Walking? Why the 1992 AAMR Definition Needs Redoing.
Greenspan, Stephen
Education and Training in Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities, v32 n3 p179-90 Sep 1997
Discusses problems in the process used by the American Association on Mental Retardation (AAMR) to redefine mental retardation and substantive problems with various definitions of mental retardation, including the former and new 1992 AAMR definition. Recommended elements in a new educational definition of mental retardation are presented. (CR)
Descriptors: Classification, Definitions, Disability Identification, Educational Diagnosis, Educational Environment, Individual Characteristics, Mental Retardation, Symptoms (Individual Disorders)
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers: American Association on Mental Retardation
Note: Special Issue: Definitional Issues in Mental Retardation.