AbstractsSocial Work

newline Mental retardation which has for long been a newlineproblem of social concern has witnessed marked shifts newlinein thinking with respect to the rehabilitative potentials newlineof the retarded Educating retarded children was however newline newlinenot given serious consideration or thought till the dawn newline newlineof the twentieth century Misconceptions among the newline newlinepublic at large were rampant It was popularly believed newlinethat mental deficiency was e1 ther a cursed disease or a newlineconsequence of the wrath of God But with the first newlinehistoric milestone set by Jean Itard in his attempt to newlineeducate a wild boy mental retard a tion has come out newlineof its dark seclusion into he glare of public attention%%%Appendix p. 309-329, Bibliography p. 330-348