Year 2000 and Mental Retardation

Year 2000 and Mental Retardation edited by Stanley C. Plog.

The future is exciting-frightening-and demanding! As social and eco­ nomic change accelerates at an ever-increasing rate, we look with awe and wonder at the way in which unanticipated events impact on our lives and change the way we live. We are also frightened about how well we will adapt to the de...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Plog, Stanley C. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 1980.
Edition:1st ed. 1980.
Series:Current Topics in Mental Health
Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Developmental psychology.
Communication.
Electronic resources (E-books)
Online Access:Click to view e-book
Holy Cross Note:Loaded electronically.
Electronic access restricted to members of the Holy Cross Community.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Mental Retardation and Futures Research
  • Perspectives on the President’s Committee on Mental Retardation
  • The Nature of Mental Retardation
  • Futurists and Their Methodologies
  • Views of the Future
  • 1 Mental Retardation and the Future: A Conceptual Approach
  • 2 Living and Working in the Year 2000: Some Implications for Mental Retardation Policy
  • 3 The Impact of Technological Advances on the Lives of Mentally Retarded Persons in the Year 2000
  • 4 The Postindustrial Society and Mental Retardation
  • 5 Mental Retardation: Toward a Different Kind of Future
  • 6 Mental Retardation Management: Manifestation of and Mandate for Human Survival
  • Overview
  • 7 The Year 2000 and Mental Retardation: An Interpretation and Critique.

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