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The Intellectually Handicapped Mother and Her Child
Author(s) -
HOCKEY ATHEL,
BAIN JILL
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
journal of paediatrics and child health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.631
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1440-1754
pISSN - 1034-4810
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1754.1979.tb01219.x
Subject(s) - medicine , intervention (counseling) , genetic counseling , eugenics , developmental psychology , pediatrics , nursing , psychology , law , biology , genetics , political science
Hockey, Athel, and Bain, Jill (1979).Aust. Paediatr. J. , 15, 173–176. The intellectually handicapped mother and her child. This paper presents information on the intellectually handicapped mother with regard to numbers, mode of ascertainment, diagnosis, intelligence, number of children born, intelligence and outcome for the child. It assesses the role of genetic counselling and its limitations in this field. It defines the most appropriate form early intervention for the offspring to offset or prevent handicaps. Cases are used to illustrate and discuss the effect of assortive mating: the difficulty of defining risk to a person, herself affected, and of expecting a reasoned decision; joint plans to follow up and assist in the care of the children by Child Health Services and the Division for the Intellectually Handicapped. Reasons are given for the conclusion that an eugenic approach is inappropriate here. Instead, genetic counselling and family planning, with practical training in child rearing are the main resources.