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ERIC Number: EJ350769
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1986
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An International Perspective on Terminology, Prevalence, and Classification of Cognitive Disabilities.
Holowinsky, Ivan Z.
Journal of Special Education, v20 n3 p385-91 Fall 1986
An international review and comparison of terminology development for cognitive disabilities (intellectual subnormality, mental retardation, mental deficiency, and oligophrenia) identifies cultural differences, social development, level of scientific development, philosophical orientation, prevalence, and social attitudes as factors relating to definition and classification of cognitive disabilities. (CB)
Descriptors: Classification, Cognitive Ability, Definitions, Foreign Countries, Incidence, Mental Disorders, Mental Retardation, Social Attitudes, Vocabulary
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses
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Language: English
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