Mental Retardation The term Mental retardation or Mentally challenged which most people prefer,is when a persn can’t really think for themselves. The person can’t do what most “normal people can do such as communicate with others properly or be able to do schoolwork , also they have a low attention span. For exampe if you were talking to them for let’s say 20 minutes, maybe after ten minutes they would get frustrated and …showed first 75 words of 571 total…

…showed last 75 words of 571 total…send their children to school. Mental retardation can be caused by numerous things such as genetic disorders,poverty and cultural deprivation,problems before and after the baby’s birth and problems during the pregnancy. Just from reading this a person can see having a baby is for those who that are responsible enough to take care of their children and even if the child has a defect at birth they have to accept the child.