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o~y~~ FACTS ABOUT MENTAL RETARDATION ~1~ Mental retardation refers to the presence in an prevalence of mental retardation individual of both significantly subaverage intellectual by continent functioning and marked impairment in adaptive behavior. The following numbers are estimates based AFRICA (10`%) 51,000,000 on information from experts in the field of mental ASIA ( 8%) 220,000,000 retardation. AUSTRALIA ( 2%) 300,000 - Three hundred million individuals in the world have EUROPE ( 2%) 14,000,000 mental retardation LATIN AMERICA ( 8`%) 34,000,000 • Seven million individuals in the U.S. have mental (including Mexico) retardation NORTH AMERICA 7,500,000 • 100,000 babies are born in the U.S. each year with U.S. ( 3`%) 7,000,000 mental retardation CANADA ( 2°/>) 500,000 In the United States, mental retardation is: • Seven times more prevalent than blindness • Seven times more prevalent than deafness • Ten times more prevalent than physical disability .r.~.. • Twelve times more prevalent than cerebral palsy s, a. • Fifteen times more prevalent than total blindness l • Thirty-five times more prevalent than muscular dystrophy .i: ,t 1, ` ~ , ~ • • Eligibility ~ ~ _ • ~ it . i'~„ .~sxs r T How does an athlete become involved in Special ~ ; ~,t,:~,._ ~ .A Olympics? To enroll, an athlete or family member can , kr+."y' I ` ~ contact the Special Olympics state office or their local i, area director to receive an athlete enrollment kit. . ~ I ' The area director can assist any athlete in ' ~ ~~i , completing the enrollment process and help the ~ 'r athlete to choose a training program. Who can participate in Special Olympics? Any t. y person over the age of five who has mental retardation. SOI ATHLETE ELIGIBILITY STATEMENT •l.nl eigniy nr 6elpw I) Have been identified by an agency or professional +Significant kaming or vocational problems relers to thou kaming pro6kms resulting from cognitive delays (intellrMUa1 impaimxnu. These do not include physical disabili y, as having mental retardation or emotional w behavioral disabilities or language impairment. Yenons with cognitive 2) Have a cognitive delay as determined by delays vvererwmerly classified as Educable Mentally Retarded (EMR)or MildlyMmtally Retarded (MMR). standardized measures' or ++Specially designed instmcfiun re/ers to the time when person is receiving 3) Have significant learning or vocational problems supportive education or remedial insvuction directed at the cognitive delay. In the case + due to co nitive dela which re uire s eciall oradults, specially designed instruction is usually replaced with specially designed g Y q P y programs in the workplace or in supported work or of home. designed instruction + +