What is mental retardation (M. R.)?
The American Association on mental deficiency states that mental retardation is a “significantly sub-average general intellectual function existing concurrently with deficit in adaptive behaviour, and manifested during the development period”. From a biological point of view, M.R. is a state of incomplete mental development of a kind and degree such that the individual is incapable of adapting himself to the normal environment as to maintain existence independently of supervision, control or external support.
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