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Proposed Thesaurus Terms

Posted on September 16, 2014 by naricspotlight

After a careful review of the current REHABDATA Thesaurus, NARIC staff have recommended the following terms to be added to the next edition. We welcome any comments or questions regarding these changes. American Indian/Alaska Native This term will replace Native … Continue reading →

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Changing Terms: Senate votes to drop “mental retardation”

Posted on May 25, 2010 by naricspotlight

Rosa’s Law, introduced to the Senate in November 2007, would change the language used in Federal documents from mental retardation (MR) to intellectual disabilities (ID).  The REHABDATA Thesaurus currently uses the terms mental retardation and developmental disabilities (DD) to index … Continue reading →

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