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The Needs of Young Intellectually Retarded Adults

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

F. S. W. Brimblecombe*
Affiliation:
University of Exeter Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital (Heavitree), Gladstone Road, Exeter EX1 2ED

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It is now generally agreed that the words ‘handicapped individual’ need to be considered as having a social rather than a medical or educational meaning. To arrive at such a conclusion, however, it is necessary briefly to consider the words ‘impairment’, ‘disability’ and ‘handicap’ (Figure 1).

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Copyright © 1985 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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