Show The e Retarded Child A handicapped ban child is not necessarily found in inan all an iron lung or a wheel chair Ire He may show Ito out ward sign of a handicap at all For his handicap is not outward but inward not ph physical but mental mental- mental r retardation Thus reports the American Medical Association And in a article it quotes leading authorities s to show the tho extent of the tho problem Indeed says one physician In HIn terms of magnitude mental retardation is the tho most handicapping of all childhood dis dis- disorders orders t The simple figures s are staggering There Thero are aro some 55 million mentally retarded children and adults adult in America and about babies are born each year who will bo retarded And Aud these are only the recognized cases there are many snore more who have not been identified as retarded for one reason or another The The AMA IA has called together experts ill in all phases of the problem to seek was ways of speeding up nationwide medical mobilization against retardation tion All branches of medicine are aro involved psychiatry pediatrics neurology general e Experts in these fields will be working in alliance w th a whole holo spectrum of federal state state local and voluntary agencies bulwarked ib coli and expansion of care facilities It has taken time to reach this point Many 1 do- do developments were involved including the fact that it has taken centuries to dispel the general notion that a retarded youngster somehow represents a 11 shame shameful ul stigma Now the battle against the retardation dation problem moves 1110 toward a 11 climax In County a program is being to raise funds for a New Life Training Cen- Cen Center Center ter for men mentally tully und and physically handicapped child ren After the center has been in operation for one month then state funds will be 10 available In our count county many families are aro faced with the problem of o a mentally retarded chil child and the train train- training ing ing center will bo be a great help in assisting handicapped handicap handicap- handicapped ped persons to adjust to society We Vo commend the committee responsible for the program in our community and urge united support in their efforts |