Is mental retardation an infectious disease?
No, many people think that on allowing normal children to mix, eat or play with mentally retarded children, the normal children also develop mental retardation. This is wrong. Interaction between mentally retarded children and normal children on the other hand, helps in the improvement of mentally retarded children. Also normal children will understand the problems of the retarded children and will accept them.
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