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Technical Writing: Week IV Assessment Only 100% original nonplagiarized responses, to include all references and citations. 1. Define analogy. Provide an example Your response should be at least 75 words in length. You are required to use at least your textbook as source material for your response. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations. 2. What three components make up formal definitions? Your response should be at least 75 words in length. You are required to use at least your textbook as source material for your response. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations. 3. When should you write a description? Your response should be at least 75 words in length. You are required to use at least your textbook as source material for your response. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations 4. List the guidelines for writing definitions. Describe their importance. Your response should be at least 75 words in length. You are required to use at least your textbook as source material for your response. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations 5. How does the ABC Format apply in writing expanded definitions? Your response should be at least 75 words in length. You are required to use at least your textbook as source material for your response. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations. 6. What are the seven ways to expand a definition? Why are these important to technical writing? Your response should be at least 75 words in length. You are required to use at least Technical Writing: Week IV Assessment your textbook as source material for your response. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations. 7. What four questions should you ask about definitions? Your response should be at least 75 words in length. You are required to use at least your textbook as source material for your response. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations. 8. What are the five choices for locating a definition? Your response should be at least 75 words in length. You are required to use at least your textbook as source material for your response. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations. 9. Not everyone is familiar with the trend of online education. Imagine that you have been asked to write a ...

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3. When should you write a description?
Your response should be at least 75 words in length. You are
required to use at least
your textbook as source material for your response. All sources
used, including the
textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material
must have accompanying
citations
4. List the guidelines for writing definitions. Describe their
importance.
Your response should be at least 75 words in length. You are
required to use at least
your textbook as source material for your response. All sources
used, including the
textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material
must have accompanying
citations
5. How does the ABC Format apply in writing expanded
definitions?

Your response should be at least 75 words in length. You are
required to use at least
your textbook as source material for your response. All sources
used, including the
textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material
must have accompanying
citations.
6. What are the seven ways to expand a definition? Why are
these important to technical
writing?
Your response should be at least 75 words in length. You are
required to use at least
Technical Writing: Week IV Assessment
your textbook as source material for your response. All sources
used, including the
textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material
must have accompanying
citations.

7. What four questions should you ask about definitions?
Your response should be at least 75 words in length. You are
required to use at least
your textbook as source material for your response. All sources
used, including the
textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material
must have accompanying
citations.
8. What are the five choices for locating a definition?
Your response should be at least 75 words in length. You are
required to use at least
your textbook as source material for your response. All sources
used, including the
textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material
must have accompanying
citations.
9. Not everyone is familiar with the trend of online education.
Imagine that you have been

asked to write an expanded definition of online learning for a
local newspaper. Using the
ABC Format, write an expanded definition for that technical
term for a general audience.
Consult Figure 5-2 in your textbook for further details.
Your response should be at least 200 words in length. You are
required to use at least
your textbook as source material for your response. All sources
used, including the
textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material
must have accompanying
citations.
10. Choose a technical term from your work, a hobby, or some
other area of your expertise.
For example, if you were a poet you might choose the term
sonnet or villanelle. Using the
ABC Format, write an expanded definition of that technical
term for a general audience.
Consult Figure 5-2 in your textbook for further details.
Your response should be at least 200 words in length. You are
required to use at least

your textbook as source material for your response. All sources
used, including the
textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material
must have accompanying
citations.
Technical Writing: Week IV Assessment
11. American Made Automobiles is offering a contest to design
the car of the future. Submit
a description of your dream car for a chance to join the design
team. Use the Guidelines
for Writing Descriptions in your textbook, and create an
extended description.
Your response should be at least 200 words in length. You are
required to use at least
your textbook as source material for your response. All sources
used, including the
textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material
must have accompanying
citations.

Communication for Leaders: Week IV Assessment
Only 100% original, nonplagiarized responses to include all
references and citations.
1. Read Communication Skills for a Digital Age box (Pg. 139).
After reading the do’s and
don’ts of Facebook for work, create a list of at least three rules
your company would use for
Facebook. Also include why these rules are needed.
Your response should be at least 200 words in length. You are
required to use at least your
textbook as source material for your response. All sources used,
including the textbook, must
be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have
accompanying citations.
2. On page 395 of your textbook, in the section titled "How
Technology Can Help You Manage
Time", there are several software programs and applications
listed that can assist with
communication and time management.
A. Visit the websites for at least two of the programs or
applications listed.
B. Provide a brief overview of each site you visited and list the
pros and cons of using each

as an aid for time management.
Your response should be at least 200 words in length. You are
required to use at least your
textbook as source material for your response. All sources used,
including the textbook, must
be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have
accompanying citations
3. Read Communication Ethics box (pp. 128) and choose two of
the four questions to answer.
Your response should be at least 200 words in length. You are
required to use at least your
textbook as source material for your response. All sources used,
including the textbook, must
be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have
accompanying citations.
4. Discuss your conflict style(s) and how they affect your
communication in the workplace.
Write a short essay explaining what skills for managing
emotions and conflict you use as aids
when you communicate in the workplace or at home (pp. 133-
137).
Your response should be at least 200 words in length. You are
required to use at least

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The Case: Superior Foods Corporation Faces a Challenge On his way to the plant office, Jason Starnes passed by the production line where hundreds of gloved, uniformed workers were packing sausages and processed meats for shipment to grocery stores around the world. Jason's company, Superior Foods Corporation, based in Wichita, Kansas, employed 30,000 people in eight countries and had beef and pork processing plants in Arkansas, California, Milwaukee, and Nebraska City. Since a landmark United States–Japan trade agreement signed in 1988, markets had opened up for major exports of American beef, now representing 10 percent of U.S. production. Products called “variety meats”—including intestines, hearts, brains, and tongues—were very much in demand for export to international markets. Jason was in Nebraska City to talk with the plant manager, Ben Schroeder, about the U.S. outbreak of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (mad cow disease) and its impact on the plant. On December 23, 2011, the U.S. Department of Agriculture had announced that bovine spongiform encephalopathy had been discovered in a Holstein cow in Washington State. The global reaction was swift: Seven countries imposed either total or partial bans on the importation of U.S. beef, and thousands of people were chatting about it on blogs and social networking sites. Superior had moved quickly to intercept a container load of frozen Asian-bound beef from its shipping port in Los Angeles, and all other shipments were on hold. After walking into Ben's office, Jason sat down across from him and said, “Ben, your plant has been a top producer of variety meats for Superior, and we have appreciated all your hard work out here. Unfortunately, it looks like we need to limit production for a while—at least three months, or until the bans get relaxed. I know Senator Nelson is working hard to get the bans lifted. In the meantime, we need to shut down production and lay off about 25 percent of your workers. I know it is going to be difficult, and I'm hoping we can work out a way to communicate this to your employees.” ...

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The Case: You can choose to discuss relativism in view of one of the following two cases: The Case: · Start by giving a brief explanation of relativism (200 words). · what is the difference between ethical & cultural relativism. Then discuss, in view of relativism, how we can reconcile the apparent conflict between the need for enforcement of human rights standards with the need for protection of cultural diversity. (400 words). ...

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The Case Study of Jim, Week Six The body or text (i.e., not restating the question in your answer, not including your references or your signature) of your initial response should be at least 300 words of text to be considered substantive. You will see a red U for initial responses that are not at least 300 words. Note: your initial response to this required discussion will not count toward participation The Case Study of Jim, Week 6 Title of Activity: In class discussion of the case study of Jim, Week Six Objective: Review the concepts of the case study in Ch.13 of Personality and then relate Jim’s case to the theorists discussed during the week. In addition, summarize the entire case study. 1. Read “The Case of Jim” in Ch. 13 of Personality. 2. Discuss the case. This week, discussion should focus on social-cognitive theory. 3. Provide a summary of the entire case. THE CASE OF JIM Twenty years ago Jim was assessed from various theoretical points of view: psychoanalytic, phenomenological, personal construct, and trait. At the time, social-cognitive theory was just beginning to evolve, and thus he was not considered from this standpoint. Later, however, it was possible to gather at least some data from this theoretical standpoint as well. Although comparisons with earlier data may be problematic because of the time lapse, we can gain at least some insight into Jim’s personality from this theoretical point of view. We do so by considering Jim’s goals, reinforcers he experiences, and his self-efficacy beliefs. Jim was asked about his goals for the immediate future and for the long-range future. He felt that his immediate and long-term goals were pretty much the same: (1) getting to know his son and being a good parent, (2) becoming more accepting and less critical of his wife and others, and (3) feeling good about his professional work as a consultant. Generally he feels that there is a good chance of achieving these goals but is guarded in that estimate, with some uncertainty about just how much he will be able to “get out of myself” and thereby be more able to give to his wife and child. Jim also was asked about positive and aversive reinforcers, things that were important to him that he found rewarding or unpleasant. Concerning positive reinforcers, Jim reported that money was “a biggie.” In addition he emphasized time with loved ones, the glamour of going to an opening night, and generally going to the theater or movies. He had a difficult time thinking of aversive reinforcers. He described writing as a struggle and then noted, “I’m having trouble with this.” Jim also discussed another social-cognitive variable: his competencies or skills (both intellectual and social). He reported that he considered himself to be very bright and functioning at a very high intellectual level. He felt that he writes well from the standpoint of a clear, organized presentation, but he had not written anything that is innovative or creative. Ji ...

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The Case of Missing Boots Made in Italy You can lead a shipper to the water, but if the horse does not want to drink… Vocabulary: Shipper: In commercial trade, the person who gives goods to a shipping company to be transported to a foreign destination; in export transactions, it is usually the exporter. Do not confuse the shipper with the shipping company or carrier. Consignee: The person who is ultimately receiving the goods, generally the buyer or importer. Sometimes these people will designate a “notify party” to be notified when the goods arrive in the port of entry, so that customs clearance can be arranged and the goods picked up for further domestic transport. Carrier: A company that transports goods (sometimes referred to as a “shipping company” or a “freight company”). Forwarder (or “freight forwarder”): A forwarder is like a travel agent for cargo – forwarders organize the transport of your goods from departure to destination, and charge a fee for their services. There are many different kinds of forwarders. There are firms that act as both forwarders and carriers. Sometimes forwarders will have relationships with a whole string of carriers and other forwarders, so that the shipper only deals with the forwarder but in the end the goods are actually carrier by a series of independent transport companies. NVOCC: Non-vessel operating common carrier. A “common carrier” in the legal terminology refers to a carrier who has accepted the additional legal burdens imposed on a company that regularly carries goods for a fee (as opposed to someone with a truck who might agree to help you out just this once because you’re in trouble). Container: Large standard-sized metal boxes for transporting merchandise; you see them on the back of trucks, or stacked up outside of ports like Lego toys, or on top of large ocean-going container ships. The capacity of container vessels is measured in TEU (twenty-foot equivalent units; containers generally measure 20 or 40 feet long; large vessels can now carry in excess of 4,000 TEU). There are different kinds of containers for different purposes. For example, refrigerated containers (for transporting meat or fruit, for example) are called “reefers,” so be careful where you use this term. Consolidator: When large companies ship a lot of goods, they are usually able to fill entire containers. However, shippers who ship smaller amounts (like the shipper in the example below), often have their goods “stuffed” (the industry term) along with other goods into the same container; hence, they are “consolidated.” Some firms specialize in consolidating various shipments from different shippers, these are “consolidators.” A load which requires consolidation is a “LCL” or less-than-full-container load, as opposed to a “FCL” – full-container-load. Marine Insurance: This is a common term for cargo insurance for international shipments, even in cases where much of the transport is NOT by sea; “marine insurance ...

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The Case of Jeff: Pedophile in Institution Jeff is a 35-year-old male who is an inmate in your maximum security facility. Jeff has recently been transferred to your facility from another facility, largely for protective reasons. Jeff has come to you because he is very, very worried. Jeff is a pedophile and he has been in prison for nearly five years. His expected release date is coming up and he may very well get released due to prison overcrowding problems and his own exemplary behavior. He has been in treatment and, as you look through his case notes, you can tell that he has done very well. ISBN 1-269-20248-0 Correctional Counseling, First Edition, by Robert D. Hanser, Scott M. Mire, and Alton Braddock. Published by Prentice Hall. Copyright © 2011 by Pearson Education, Inc. Chapter 1 • The Role of the Correctional Counselor 19 But there were other inmates at his prior prison facility who did not want to see him get paroled. In fact, it is a powerful inmate gang, and Jeff had received “protection” from this gang in exchange for providing sexual favors to a select trio of inmate gang members. Jeff discloses that while humiliating, he had to do this to survive in the prison subculture, particularly since he was a labeled and known pedophile. The gang knew this, of course, and used this as leverage to ensure that Jeff was compliant. In fact, the gang never even had to use any physical force whatsoever to gain Jeff ’s compliance. Jeff notes that this now bothers him and he doubts his own sense of masculinity. Jeff has performed well in treatment for sex offenders. But he has also been adversely affected by noxious sexual experiences inside the prison. You are the first person that he has disclosed this to. Further, he is beginning to wonder if he may have HIV/AIDS; he notes that he feels fatigued more frequently and that he gets ill more easily. However, he makes it very clear that he does not want to be tested until he is out of prison and he does not want his fears known to others in the prison. As you listen to his plight, you begin to wonder if his issues with sexuality are actually now more unstable than they were in prison. Though his treatment notes seem convincing, this is common among pedophiles. But what was not known to the other therapist was how Jeff had engaged in undesired sexual activity while incarcerated. This activity has created a huge rift in Jeff ’s masculine identity. Will this affect his likelihood for relapse on the outside? Will Jeff be able to have a true adult–adult relationship on the outside? If not, will he be more enticed to have an adult–child relationship? Does Jeff need to resolve his concerns with consensual versus forced homosexual activity? You begin to wonder. Now as you listen, you realize that if you make mention of this, then the classification system is not likely to release Jeff, and this condemns him to more of the same type of exploitation (gang members are in this prison, too; they just are of diff ...

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The British Airways Swipe Card Debacle case study; On Friday, July 18, 2003, British Airways staff in Terminals 1 and 4 at London’s busy Heathrow Airport held a 24 hour wildcat strike. The strike was not officially sanctioned by the trade unions but was spontaneous action by over 250 check in staff who walked out at 4 pm. The wildcat strike occurred at the start of a peak holiday season weekend which led to chaotic scenes at Heathrow. Some 60 departure flights were grounded and over 10,000 passengers left stranded. The situation was heralded as the worst industrial situation BA had faced since 1997 when a strike was called by its cabin crew. BA response was to cancel its services from both terminals, apologize for the disruption and ask those who were due to fly not to go to the airport as they would be unable to service them. BA also set up a tent outside Heathrow to provide refreshments and police were called in to manage the crow. BA was criticized by many American visitors who were trying to fly back to the US for not providing them with sufficient information about what was going on. Staff returned to work on Saturday evening but the effects of the strike flowed on through the weekend. By Monday morning July 21, BA reported that Heathrow was still extremely busy. There is still a large backlog of more than 1000 passengers from services cancelled over the weekend. We are doing everything we can to get these passengers away in the next couple of days. As a result of the strike BA lost around 40 million and its reputation was severely dented. The strike also came at a time when BA was still recovering from other environmental jolts such as 9/11 the Iraqi war, SARS, and inroads on its markets from budget airlines. Afterwards BA revealed that it lost over 100,000 customers a result of the dispute. BA staff were protesting the introduction of a system for electronic clocking in that would record when they started and finished work for the day. Staff were concerned that the system would enable managers to manipulate their working patterns and shift hours. The clocking in system was one small part of a broader restructuring program in BA, titled the Future Size and Shape recovery program. Over the previous two years this had led to approximately 13,000 or almost one in four jobs, being cut within the airline. As The Economist noted, the side effects of these cuts were emerging with delayed departures resulting from a shortage of ground staff at Gatwick and a high rate of sickness causing the airline to hire in aircraft and crew to fill gaps. Rising absenteeism is a sure sign of stress in an organization that is contracting. For BA management introduction of the swipe card system was a way of modernizing BA and improving the efficient use of staff and resources. As one BA official was quoted as saying We needed to simplify things and bring in the best system to manage people. For staff it was seen as a prelude to a radical shakeup in working ...

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The Case Abstract Accuracy International (AI) is a specialist British firearms manufacturer based in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England and best known for producing the Accuracy International Arctic Warfare series of precision sniper rifles. The company was established in 1978 by British Olympic shooting gold medallist Malcolm Cooper, MBE (1947–2001), Sarah Cooper, Martin Kay, and the designers of the weapons, Dave Walls and Dave Craig. All were highly skilled international or national target shooters. Accuracy International's high-accuracy sniper rifles are in use with many military units and police departments around the world. Accuracy International went into liquidation in 2005, and was bought by a British consortium including the original design team of Dave Walls and Dave Craig. Earlier this year, AI's computer network was hit by a data stealing malware which cost thousands of pounds to recover from. Also last year there have been a couple of incidents of industrial espionage, involving staff who were later sacked and prosecuted. As part of an ongoing covert investigation, the head of Security at AI (DG) has hired you to conduct a forensic investigation on an image of a USB device. The USB device, it is a non- company issued device, allegedly belonging to an employee Christian Macleod, a consultant and technical manager at AI for more than six years. Case details Christian’s manager, David Bolton, is the regional manager and head of R&D and has been working at AI for the last three years. David initiated this fact finding covert investigation which is conducted with the support of the head of Security at AI. The USB device in question allegedly was removed from Christian's workstation at AI while he was out of the office for lunch, the device was imaged and then it was plugged in back into Christian's workstation. You have been provided with a copy of that image (the original copy is at the moment secure in a secure locker at the security department). You have been told by DG that Dave was alarmed by some of the work practices of Christian and that prompted him to start this investigation by contacting the Head of Security at AI. According to Dave, Christian would bring in devices such as his iPod and his iPhone and he would often plug these into his workstation. There is no policy against personal music devices and there is no BYOD policy but there is a strict policy against copying corporate data is any personal device. The company's policy states that such data is not to be stored unencrypted, on unauthorised, non company approved devices. According to DG, Dave has reasons to believe that an earlier malware infection incident at AI had its origins in one of Christian's personal devices. Supporting information 1. You need to be aware that Dave and Christian do not get along as they had a few verbal exchanges in the last year. Christian has filled in a ...

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The Case for Torture It is generally assumed that torture is impermissible, a throwback to a more brutal age. Enlightened societies reject it outright, and regimes suspected of using it risk the wrath of the United States. I believe this attitude is unwise. There are situations in which torture is not merely permissible but morally mandatory. Moreover, these situations are moving from the realm of imagination to fact. Death: Suppose a terrorist has hidden an atomic bomb on Manhattan Island which will detonate at noon on July 4 unless . . . . ( here follow the usual demands for money and release of his friends from jail). Suppose, further, that he is caught at 10 A.M. on that fateful day but—preferring death to failure—won’t disclose where the bomb is. What do we do? If we follow due process—wait for his lawyer and arraign him—millions of people will die. If the only way to save those lives is to subject the terrorist to the most excruciating possible pain, what grounds can their be for not doing so? I suggest there are none. In any case, I ask you to face the question with an open mind. Torturing the terrorist is unconstitutional? Probably. But millions of lives surely outweigh constitutionality. Torture is barbaric? Mass murder is far more barbaric. Indeed letting millions die in deference to one who flaunts his guilt is moral cowardice, an unwillingness to dirty one’s hands. If you caught the terrorist, could you sleep nights knowing that millions died because you could not bring yourself to apply the electrodes? Once you concede that torture is justified in extreme cases, you have admitted that the decision to use torture is a matter of balancing innocent lives against the means to save them. You must now face more realistic cases involving more modest numbers. Someone plants a bomb on a jumbo jet. He alone can disarm it, and his demands cannot be met (or if they can, we refuse to set a precedent by yielding to his threats). Surely we can, we must, do anything to the extortionist to save the passengers. How can we tell 300, or 100, or 10 people who never asked to be put in danger, “I’m sorry, you’ll have to die in agony, we just couldn’t bring ourselves to. . . . “ Here are the results of an informal poll about a third, hypothetical case. Suppose a terrorist group kidnapped a newborn baby from a hospital. I asked four mothers if they would approve of torturing kidnappers if that were necessary to get their own newborns back. All said “yes”, the most “liberal” adding that she would like to administer it herself. I am not advocating torture as a punishment. Punishment is addressed to deeds irrevocably past. Rather, I am advocating torture as an acceptable measure for preventing future evils. So understood, it is far less objectionable than many extant punishments. Opponents of the death penalty, for example, are forever insisting that executing a murderer will not bring back the victim (as if the purpose ...

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“The case against banning the word 'retard'” By Christopher M. Fairman Sunday, February 14, 2010 washingtonpost.com Does the word "retard" have less than three weeks to live? Long before Rahm Emanuel, Sarah Palin and Rush Limbaugh made the word fodder for political controversy and late-night punch lines, a movement was underway to eliminate it from everyday conversation. Saying, irrefutably, that the word and its variations are hurtful to many, the Special Olympics is leading a campaign to end its use and is promoting a national awareness day on March 3. Nearly 60,000 people have signed on to the following promise on www.r-word.org: "I pledge and support the elimination of the derogatory use of the r-word from everyday speech and promote the acceptance and inclusion of people with intellectual disabilities." I sympathize with the effort, but I won't be making that pledge. It's not that I've come to praise the word "retard"; I just don't think we should bury it. If the history of offensive terms in America shows anything, it is that words themselves are not the culprit; the meaning we attach to them is, and such meanings change dramatically over time and across communities. The term "mentally retarded" was itself introduced by the medical establishment in the 20th century to supplant other terms that had been deemed offensive. Similarly, the words "gay" and "queer" and even the N-word can be insulting, friendly, identifying or academic in different contexts. The varied and evolving uses of such words ultimately render self-censorship campaigns unnecessary. And restricting speech of any kind comes with a potential price -- needlessly institutionalized taboos, government censorship or abridged freedom of expression -- that we should be wary of paying. The latest battle over the R-word kicked into high gear with a Jan. 26 Wall Street Journal report that last summer White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel blasted liberal activists unhappy with the pace of health-care reform, deriding their strategies as "[expletive] retarded." Palin, the mother of a special-needs child, quickly took to Facebook to demand Emanuel's firing, likening the offensiveness of the R-word to that of the N-word. Limbaugh seized the low ground, saying he found nothing wrong with "calling a bunch of people who are retards, retards," and Palin rushed to his defense, saying Limbaugh had used the word satirically. Comedy Central's Stephen Colbert took her up on it, calling Palin an "[expletive] retard" and adding, with a smile: "You see? It's satire!" Emanuel apologized and promised to take the R-Word.org pledge, but as March 3 nears, the word may already be an endangered species. Forty-eight states have voted to remove the term "mental retardation" from government agencies and state codes, and legislation is pending in Congress to strike it from any federal statutes that still use it, such as the Individuals With Disabilities Education Act. The largest advocacy group for the int ...

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