| Year 2000 and Mental Retardation Softcover Repri Edition Contributor(s): Plog, Stanley C. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1461591309 ISBN-13: 9781461591306 Publisher: Springer OUR PRICE: $52.24 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Public Policy - Social Services & Welfare - Psychology | Developmental - General - Language Arts & Disciplines | Communication Studies |
| Dewey: 362.309 |
| Series: Current Topics in Mental Health |
| Physical Information: 0.51" H x 6" W x 9" (0.73 lbs) 233 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The future is exciting-frightening-and demanding As social and eco- nomic change accelerates at an ever-increasing rate, we look with awe and wonder at the way in which unanticipated events impact on our lives and change the way we live. We are also frightened about how well we will adapt to the demands of a world that may be structured quite differently from the familiar environment of today. If we are to handle our own futures with some degree of skill and adap- tiveness, we need to begin planning today for the dawn of the next century. Otherwise, we may find that events have overrun our capacity to cope. Those of us in the social and helping sectors of the economy have a responsibility for the future welfare of persons who are less able to look out for their own needs or to protect themselves from the vagaries of economic fluctuations or major dislocations in the social fabric of the land. The President's Committee on Mental Retardation is proud of its deci- sion to look at the year 2000 and its impact on the mentally retarded. Our goals were straightforward-to understand how unfolding events can affect the lives of the mentally retarded, for good or ill, a generation from now. |