Counseling in medical genetics / Sheldon C. Reed.

  • Reed, Sheldon C. (Sheldon Clark), 1910-2003.
Date:
[1955]
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Credit: Counseling in medical genetics / Sheldon C. Reed. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    MENTAL RETARDATION parents who have had no previous experience with this problem. (2) The child will be with other children of similar age and capacity and will not be subject to the insults of normal children. (3) If the child stays at home it will receive more than its share of attention from the parents, to the detriment of the normal sibs. (4) At the institution the future of the child is secure, whereas at home the death of the parents would leave the child in a helpless position. (5) The Division of Public Institutions can be of help to the family and child as soon as it receives guardianship of the child, regardless of whether or not institutionalization actually takes place. Follow-up The child is now under the guardianship of the state. The parents have adopted a child and do not intend to risk the repetition of their previous misfortune. 101