Three educators present differing viewpoints on the issue of mainstreaming educable mentally retarded children. (DLS)

The position statement of the National Association for Retarded Citizens regarding the mainstreaming of mentally retarded students is presented. (CL)

Two comments respond to an R. P. Hastings article on labeling of individuals with mental retardation. The first comment notes that diagnoses should not be used as labels but as identifications of disorders a person has. The second comment calls for people to come forth with synonyms for "mental retardation" that will not immediately be stigmatic.…

This commentary on a 1994 article by Wolfensberger on the current mental retardation scene, in which he describes prescription psychoactive drugs as health destroying and life destroying, criticizes Wolfensberger's comments on "psychoactive medications," noting "elementary errors,""apparently concocted figures," and…

This synopsis of a reply by Wolf Wolfensberger to a critique by Levitas et al. (EC 609 743) notes extensive documentation supporting Wolfensberger's assertion that prescription psychoactive drugs are health destroying and life destroying. Issues of truth and of epistemology are identified as they apply to the treatment of these socially devalued…

Four commentaries on Levine et al. (EC 609 255) include "Negotiating the Facilitated Communication Maze" (Dianne Ferguson and Robert Horner); "Defining Facilitated Communication in and out of Existence: Role of Science in the Facilitated Communication Controversy" (David Goode); "A Dispassionate (If That's Possible)…

This response by the original authors (EC 609 255) to four commentaries (EC 609 256) notes the agreement of all that "authorship" is a major issue in facilitated communication and restates their contention that use of facilitated communication can cause considerable harm. They urge the use of augmentative communication techniques for…

This paper, developed by a group of parents, advocates, and service providers, addresses the limitations of human services for people with developmental disabilities, including: (1) services cannot "fix" people or problems; (2) consistency and uniformity are not necessarily good qualities of human services; (3) more human services are not…

This response to a previous article suggesting that programs to prevent mental retardation have failed makes a distinction between prevention knowledge and prevention application and between biological and functional mental retardation. It claims that the knowledge to prevent functional mental retardation exists but has not been implemented. A…

This very brief comment on Herzog and Money (1993) concerning Klinefelter syndrome claims that the use of an antiandrogen with an individual whose endocrine status is already compromised by low levels of testosterone is inappropriate. (DB)

The study analyzed written responses to Department of Health and Human Services from persons with disabilities, parents, and relatives. Respondents almost unanimously supported the proposed "Baby Doe" regulations. Content analysis revealed eight categories of support and additional information concerning the need for intervention and adoption…

Deinstitutionalization of retarded persons is questioned on conceptual, scientific, and moral grounds. (Author)

The authors assert that the concept of family group homes for handicapped persons is foundering in the maze of the existing institutional model. (CL)

Four articles address the 1978 Wyatt v. Hardin proceedings which debated the issues of the training/habilitation potential of institutionalized mentally retarded persons and the feasibility of placing these persons in community-based living facilities. (SB)

One hundred plastic surgeons responded to a survey on opinions toward facial plastic surgery for individuals with Down's syndrome. Twenty-four of the surgeons had performed the surgery. Surgeons indicated appropriate circumstances for the surgery, consent requirements, degree of understanding expected of the patient, and degree of discomfort…