Prasher V.P. Contemporary Issues in Intellectual Disabilities

Nova Science Pub Inc, 2010. — 454 p.The International Association for the Scientific Studies of Intellectual Disabilities is an established international organization with links to the World Health Organization, that promotes better social and healthcare for individuals with intellectual disabilities* . It is a multi-professional organization involved in a number of diverse activities which are brought together at quadrennial international conferences. These international meetings are an opportunity for researchers and clinicians to present contemporary issues and to be able to high light advances in the biological, behavioral, and social science fields of intellectual disabilities.