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Behavioral Effects of Genetic Mental Retardation Disorders

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Handbook of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

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In the humanities and in the social sciences, it is almost a truism to say that one cannot escape the influence of one’s own historical time. Certain novelists of the past, for example, are highly valued during one historical period, “lost” to another, only to be reembraced at a later time. Similarly in a field like history, we see changes over the decades in how society views the accomplishments of certain individuals. Are Jefferson, Adams, Franklin, and other of America’s “Founding Fathers” omniscient visionaries, as portrayed in many recent books, or instead should they be criticized for leaving unresolved such basic national issues as slavery (Brands, 2003)? Fields, like people, reflect the times in which they exist.

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Hodapp, R.M., Dykens, E.M. (2007). Behavioral Effects of Genetic Mental Retardation Disorders. In: Jacobson, J.W., Mulick, J.A., Rojahn, J. (eds) Handbook of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. Issues on Clinical Child Psychology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-32931-5_6

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