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Book SynopsisAs 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. 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.
Table of ContentsIntroduction: Mental Retardation and Futures Research.- Perspectives on the President’s Committee on Mental Retardation.- The Nature of Mental Retardation.- Futurists and Their Methodologies.- Views of the Future.- 1 Mental Retardation and the Future: A Conceptual Approach.- 2 Living and Working in the Year 2000: Some Implications for Mental Retardation Policy.- 3 The Impact of Technological Advances on the Lives of Mentally Retarded Persons in the Year 2000.- 4 The Postindustrial Society and Mental Retardation.- 5 Mental Retardation: Toward a Different Kind of Future.- 6 Mental Retardation Management: Manifestation of and Mandate for Human Survival.- Overview.- 7 The Year 2000 and Mental Retardation: An Interpretation and Critique.
