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The Human Genome Project and Eugenics: Identifying the Impact on Individuals with Mental Retardation.
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Kuna, Jason – Mental Retardation, 2001
This article explores the impact of the mapping work of the Human Genome Project on individuals with mental retardation and the negative effects of genetic testing. The potential to identify disabilities and the concept of eugenics are discussed, along with ethical issues surrounding potential genetic therapies. (Contains references.) (CR)
Descriptors: Attitudes toward Disabilities, Children, Disabilities, DNA
Reflections on Mental Retardation and Eugenics, Old and New: Mensa and the Human Genome Project.
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Smith, J. David – Mental Retardation, 1994
This article addresses the moral and ethical issues of mental retardation and a continuing legacy of belief in eugenics. It discusses the involuntary sterilization of Carrie Buck in 1927, support for legalized killing of subnormal infants by 47% of respondents to a Mensa survey, and implications of the Human Genome Project for the field of mental…
Descriptors: Ethics, Euthanasia, Genetics, History