Davis County Clipper | 1968-06-07 | Page 15 | Retarded May Become Useful Adults

Retarded May a Become Useful Adults A study of men and wo women men In their mid fifties who were labeled mentally retarded as children shows that the vast majority of them have lived useful quiet 11 lives ves supporting themselves and being no no special special special cial burden to their ties A TEAM OF west mid-west re researchers researchers researchers re- re searchers found that over 80 per cent of the men and 77 per cent of the women were employed employed employed em em- most of the time and some 65 per cent were entirely self More than half of ot the employed had been working working working work work- ing at the same Jobs for at least five years Almost all have been married and about half were living w with i t h their spouses The researchers observed e r ve d that some of those labeled retarded retarded re retarded had been mislabeled That too little Is known about how intelligence develops for such labels to be meaningful