The Shorthorn: Retarded have rights too

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The Shorthorn: Retarded have rights too

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This article contains information about the Fort Worth State School and the services they offer to people with disabilities. A pilot program in Texas, they provide satellite live in facilities and developmental programs. It also includes information about Citizen advocates, a person without disability who ensures that the rights and needs of a person with disability is met on a one to one ratio. The citizen advocate program is offered through the National association for Retarded Citizens.

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Topic:

Advocacy, Social Welfare and Communities, Diagnoses and Diseases, Educational Institutions

Keywords:

State school

Advocacy

Cerebral palsy

Mental retardation

Voluntarism

Organizations:

National Association for Retarded Children

Date Created:

1976-12-03

Document Type:

Newspaper Article

Language:

English (United States)

Identifier:

20065743

Publisher:

University of Texas at Arlington

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University of Texas at Arlington Libraries, Special Collections

License:

Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0)