These are not all the possible side effects of EMBEDA. Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects. You may report side effects to FDA at 1-800-FDA-1088.
Mental retardation is a relative term. Its meaning depends on what society demands of the individual in learning, skills, and social responsibility. Many people who are considered developmentally challenged in the complex modern world would get along normally in a simpler society.
(American Association on Mental Retardation -- AAMR; now called the AmericanAssociation of Intellectual and Developmental Disorders.)intellectual abilitiesreasoning, planning, solving problems, thinking abstractly, comprehending complex ideas, learning quickly, learning fromexperience.ntellectual Disability. Intellectual disability (formerly Mental Retardation): A disability characterized by significant limitations both inintellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior as expressed in conceptual, social and practical adaptive skills.This disability originates before age 18.