Psychomotor retardation, sometimes called psychomotor impairment, is the slowing down or hampering of your mental or physical activities. This usually takes the form of slower thinking or body ...

A recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling clarifying what constitutes intellectual disability also marked a major milestone in efforts to put an end to use of the term “mental retardation.” For the first ...

The Social Security Administration has signaled its intention to start using the term “intellectual disability” in place of “mental retardation.” More than two years after Congress required the ...

Despite decades of research, mental retardation remains an amorphous concept defined not in black and white but in ever-changing shades of gray. As recently as 40 years ago, the condition was defined ...

This page lists all known medications that could potentially lead to 'Psychomotor retardation' as a side effect. It's important to note that mild side effects are quite common with medications. The ...

Since 1979, The Arc of the United States has sponsored National Mental Retardation Awareness Month in March.During the month, The Arc increases public awareness of mental retardation, a condition ...

Freddie Lee Hall killed woman%2C sheriff%27s deputy in 1978 Florida inmate says state misdiagnosed his disability Will Supreme Court set new standard for states to follow%3F WASHINGTON — The Supreme ...

Since average scores on particular IQ tests rise a few points every 3 or 4 years, those tests become obsolete after a couple of decades. In order to reset the average score to 100, harder IQ tests are ...

In a recent speech, Nancy Ward talks about her first venture into political advocacy for other people with mental retardation. In the 1980s, with a group called People First of Nebraska, she succeeded ...

Presidential candidate Rep. Michelle Bachmann (R-Minn.) is catching flak from the disabilities community for using the word "retardation" just after upsetting medical experts with her comments about a ...

Michele Bachmann says HPV vaccine can cause mental retardation After criticizing Texas Gov. Rick Perry for mandating a vaccine for school girls, Rep. Michele Bachmann added some scary charges: She ...

Scientists have corrected key symptoms of mental retardation and autism in mice. They have significantly alleviated a wide range of abnormalities due to fragile X syndrome by altering only a single ...