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The American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD) is an American non-profit professional organization concerned with intellectual disability and related developmental disabilities. AAIDD has members in the United States and more than 50 other countries. ==History== The AAIDD is the oldest professional association concerned with intellectual and developmental disabilities. AAIDD advocates for the equality, dignity, and human rights of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, and for their full inclusion and participation in society. The name of the Association〔http://aaidd.org/about-aaidd〕 has changed five times in its history, reflecting the changes in thinking about the condition known today as intellectual disability: 1876: Association of Medical Officers of American Institutions for Idiotic and Feebleminded Persons 1906: American Association for the Study of the Feebleminded 1933: American Association on Mental Deficiency 1987: American Association on Mental Retardation 2007: American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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