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Reports to the President, 1967–2004
January 1, 2010Compilation of full reports to the President of the United States from 1967–2004
1970 — The President’s Committee on Mental Retardation
October 1, 1970Highlights improvements in residential care and the breakthrough in research; outlines the need for further advancement in programs.
2011 — People with Intellectual Disabilities: Critical Supports that Promote Independence, Full and Lifelong Community Inclusion
October 1, 2011For our nation, providing supports to individuals with ID and their families makes sense: humanly and economically.
1986 — Citizens with Mental Retardation: Equality Under the Law
October 1, 1987Addressing legal issues including role of government, least restrictive environment, self-advocacy, right to survival, and family and community living.
1979 — MR 79: Mental Retardation: Prevention Strategies That Work
December 3, 1980The Committee embarked on a study of the distinguishing features of strategies known to be successful in preventing mental retardation.
2009 — Dignity Through Employment
October 1, 2009This report address two closely related and persistent problems: high unemployment and lack of economic freedom for citizens with intellectual disabilities.
1969 — MR 69: Toward Progress: The Story of a Decade
October 1, 1969A third report by the President’s Committee on Mental Retardation about developments in the national campaign to overcome mental retardation.
1999 — The Forgotten Generation
September 30, 1999The Summit convened to examine the consequence of social failure to adequately support these people leading marginal lives.
1976 Report to the President: Mental Retardation: Past and Present
January 1, 1977History of America's treatment of retarded persons from the humanitarian movement of the 1850's to the present.
1971 — MR 71: Entering the Era of Human Ecology
October 1, 1971Emphasizes the "new thrust" approach to mental retardation adopted by the Committee during the past year.