... ed.) or DSM-IV-TR to support the claim that Sam demonstrated significantly subaverage intellectual functioning by acquiring a 70 or below on an IQ test. Sam had to have also demonstrated concurrent deficits in adaptive functioning in at least two of the following areas: communication, self-care, home ... and onset of Sam's mental condition are indecipherable. Though pertinent developmental information is lacking, statements made in two scenes suggest that Sam's IQ falls into the MR range. In the first scene, school administrators inform Sam of Lucy's failure to thrive academically. He is...

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... In addition to these factors, the overall distinctions of "mental retardation" and "mental illness" are highly questionable. Some sources feel that the current IQ tests used to determine the extent of mental incapacity are believed to be incapable of accurately measuring all of a person's intelligence factors. Because of ... this, it becomes difficult to understand the definition of one being mentally ill or mentally retarded as being defined by only one type of test. This creates the problem of acknowledging the conditions of mental retardation and mental illness, where the levels of i...

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... of wedlock. Carrie's child, Vivian, was judged to be "feebleminded- at seven months of age. Hence, three generations of "imbeciles- became the "perfect- family for Virginia officials to use as a test case in favor of the eugenic sterilization law enacted in 1924 (http://www.eugenicsarchive.org/eugenics). The court ruled a decision in favor of sterilization based on "three generations of imbeciles ... of further disease and abnormality many view sterilization as the solution. This reasoning is fictitious. Its imperative to note that, "The greatest percentages of children born to handicap...

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