Instructor name: Prof. Cyril Belvis
Course name: AB-Psychology
Date: August 7, 2010
Mental Retardation
In This Paper we will see and described the many social problems that mentally retarded people must deal on a daily basis, including intellectual disabilities how they will survive in their everyday lives if they are not capable to live because of their lack of knowledge. So there are so many disadvantages if you suffer a Mental Retardation. And also in this paper we can see the different meanings and definitions about Mental Retardation, the Disadvantages of it, the Four levels of Mental Retardation and how we’re going to deal with this kind of disorder and also how to cure it. And while you reading this paper you will realize that we need to properly care for those people who are suffering mental retardation. In their case we don’t have to underestimate them or rather show to them that there are different because they might be offended which is not good to them, they can understand us even they are suffering a low or intellectual disabilities. Although it is really hard to communicate with them especially if the patient is at his profound Mental Retardation stage, so we need a lot of patience and understanding to attain their proper care that they deserve.
Mental Retardation or Intellectual Disabilities is characterized by a significant below average score on a test of mental ability or intelligence and because of it they have limitations in all things that they want to do, such as communication, self care and getting along with social situations and in their school activities. Intellectual disability is also called a cognitive disability or simply means Mental Retardation. Children with Mental Retardation or intellectual disability can do or learn how to develop their skills, but they develop slowly unlike the average Children with average Intelligence. They are very different from normal children because the