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Sex Education and the Severely Mentally Retarded Child
Author(s) -
Evans Andrew L.,
McKinlay Ian A.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
developmental medicine and child neurology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.658
H-Index - 143
eISSN - 1469-8749
pISSN - 0012-1622
DOI - 10.1111/j.1469-8749.1989.tb08417.x
Subject(s) - worry , mentally retarded , psychology , developmental psychology , psychiatry , anxiety
He knew what pregnant was. He had seen women, heavy, with large stomachs, and his mother had told him that those women were pregnant. When he had asked what the word meant, she had said, ‘Don't worry. It'll never happen to you. By rights, it only happens after you're married, and that you'll never be.’