[Role of the mentally retarded graduates of special schools]. 1984

G Jaque Valenzuela

The purpose of this investigation was to establish approaches that match a scientific knowledge of the role played by the mentally retarded person who has completed his studies at a Special School. The idea is to learn if he is able to play differents roles in the society, to form a family, to integrate himself in a stable job and to incorporate and participate in a responsive manner in different social groups. Thus, they have been compared with a normal group of similar characteristics. The principal results of the study have shown: Once the person has completed his studies at a special school which used every effort for rehabilitating and capaciting the individual for a responsible social development in life, to enable him to perform a remunerated activity, he discovers that he is "stigmatized", that it is very difficult to find work and of course to be incorporated to the occupational structure. This contributes to the person's anxiety and an increasing insecurity which derives in isolation and lack of social interchange with other people and transform him into a marginal person.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007398 Interpersonal Relations The reciprocal interaction of two or more persons. Social Relationships,Husband-Wife Communication,Partner Communication,Communication, Husband-Wife,Communication, Partner,Husband Wife Communication,Husband-Wife Communications,Interpersonal Relation,Partner Communications,Relation, Interpersonal,Relationship, Social,Social Relationship
D008607 Intellectual Disability Subnormal intellectual functioning which originates during the developmental period. This has multiple potential etiologies, including genetic defects and perinatal insults. Intelligence quotient (IQ) scores are commonly used to determine whether an individual has an intellectual disability. IQ scores between 70 and 79 are in the borderline range. Scores below 67 are in the disabled range. (from Joynt, Clinical Neurology, 1992, Ch55, p28) Disability, Intellectual,Idiocy,Mental Retardation,Retardation, Mental,Deficiency, Mental,Intellectual Development Disorder,Mental Deficiency,Mental Retardation, Psychosocial,Deficiencies, Mental,Development Disorder, Intellectual,Development Disorders, Intellectual,Disabilities, Intellectual,Disorder, Intellectual Development,Disorders, Intellectual Development,Intellectual Development Disorders,Intellectual Disabilities,Mental Deficiencies,Mental Retardations, Psychosocial,Psychosocial Mental Retardation,Psychosocial Mental Retardations,Retardation, Psychosocial Mental,Retardations, Psychosocial Mental
D004495 Education of Intellectually Disabled The teaching or training of those individuals with subnormal intellectual functioning. Education of Mentally Defective,Education of Mentally Retarded,Education, Mentally Retarded,Mentally Retarded Education,Disabled Education, Intellectually,Disabled Educations, Intellectually,Intellectually Disabled Education,Intellectually Disabled Educations,Mentally Defective Education
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D012380 Role The expected and characteristic pattern of behavior exhibited by an individual as a member of a particular social group. Role Concept,Concept, Role,Concepts, Role,Role Concepts,Roles
D012917 Social Adjustment Adaptation of the person to the social environment. Adjustment may take place by adapting the self to the environment or by changing the environment. (From Campbell, Psychiatric Dictionary, 1996). Adjustment, Social,Adjustments, Social,Social Adjustments
D012941 Social Responsibility The obligations and accountability assumed in carrying out actions or ideas on behalf of others. Obligation, Social,Responsibility, Social,Accountability,Communitarianism,Future Generations,Obligations to Society,Social Accountability,Accountability, Social,Future Generation,Generation, Future,Generations, Future,Obligations, Social,Responsibilities, Social,Social Obligation,Social Obligations,Social Responsibilities,Society, Obligations to

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