The worst period in a parent's life is when the child falls short of parental expectations. It is hard to digest that your child may have a problem. Unwittingly, you are overtaken by waves of guilt.
Mental retardation is a condition of sub-normal intellectual and social development.
It is often not recognized in children until they start school and lag behind. Most are not unusual in appearance. Only some can be identified early because they have trouble sitting, talking or walking. For parents, the first hurdle is acceptance it. Most waste time crying over why something extraordinary had happened to them.