... special needs were, why they acted like they did and above all they did not know how they should be treated. In the book entitled Mental Retardation by Mary Beirne-Smith, James R. Patton, and Richard Ittenbach, it states that many people in society viewed these people as buffoons, court jesters, and even demons. Also stated in the book entitled Mental Retardation ... society. Those people in society were more willing to help the less fortunate people with solid intervention. In the book entitled Mental Deficiency The Changing Outlook by Alan Clarke and Joseph Berg, it states that the or...

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