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Download full textPosey, Virginia; Myers; Diane – CASAS - Comprehensive Adult Student Assessment Systems (NJ1), 2005
The authors discuss special challenges faced by older adults with intellectual disabilities. The 2004 report from The President's Committee for People with Intellectual Disabilities (PCPID) stated that in 1970 only about eleven percent of people with intellectual disabilities in the United States were over 55. It is expected that by 2040 the…
Descriptors: Multiple Intelligences, Mental Retardation, Caregivers, Older Adults
