| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
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| 1 | Conceptualization, Measurement, and Application of Quality of Life for Persons With Intellectual Disabilities: Report of an International Panel of Experts | Mental Retardation | 2002 | 493 |
| 2 | Social role valorization: a proposed new term for the principle of normalization | Mental Retardation | 1983 | 315 |
| 3 | Transformational Outcomes Associated With Parenting Children Who Have Disabilities | Mental Retardation | 2000 | 249 |
| 4 | Family Quality of Life: A Qualitative Inquiry | Mental Retardation | 2003 | 244 |
| 5 | Acquiescence in Interviews With People Who Have Mental Retardation | Mental Retardation | 2002 | 206 |
| 6 | Prevalence of Physical Inactivity and Recommended Physical Activity in Community-Based Adults With Mental Retardation | Mental Retardation | 2002 | 201 |
| 7 | Overweight Prevalence in Persons With Down Syndrome | Mental Retardation | 1998 | 194 |
| 8 | Social Networks of People With Mental Retardation in Residential Settings | Mental Retardation | 2001 | 176 |
| 9 | Access to Specialty Medical Care for Children With Mental Retardation, Autism, and Other Special Health Care Needs | Mental Retardation | 2003 | 169 |
| 10 | Prevalence of Dementia and Impact on Intellectual Disability Services | Mental Retardation | 2000 | 166 |
| 11 | Economic Implications of Caregiving at Midlife: Comparing Parents With and Without Children Who Have Developmental Disabilities | Mental Retardation | 2004 | 164 |
| 12 | Prevalence of Chronic Medical Conditions in Adults With Mental Retardation: Comparison With the General Population | Mental Retardation | 1998 | 158 |
| 13 | Body Weight Status Among Adults With Intellectual Disability in the Community | Mental Retardation | 2005 | 152 |
| 14 | When in doubt, say yes: acquiescence in interviews with mentally retarded persons | Mental Retardation | 1981 | 152 |
| 15 | Moving on: autism and movement disturbance | Mental Retardation | 1996 | 151 |
| 16 | Coping Strategies and the Impact of Challenging Behaviors on Special Educators' Burnout | Mental Retardation | 2002 | 148 |
| 17 | A Brief Overview of Social Role Valorization | Mental Retardation | 2000 | 143 |
| 18 | Siblings of children with disabilities: research themes | Mental Retardation | 2005 | 139 |
| 19 | Self-Determination Across Living and Working Environments: A Matched-Samples Study of Adults With Mental Retardation | Mental Retardation | 1999 | 135 |
| 20 | Supporting Aging Caregivers and Adults With Developmental Disabilities in Future Planning | Mental Retardation | 2006 | 121 |
| 21 | Academic Progress of Students Across Inclusive and Traditional Settings | Mental Retardation | 2004 | 120 |
| 22 | Enhancing Independent Time-Management Skills of Individuals With Mental Retardation Using a Palmtop Personal Computer | Mental Retardation | 2002 | 114 |
| 23 | Community Living-Unit Size, Staff Presence, and Residents' Choice-Making | Mental Retardation | 1997 | 111 |
| 24 | An experimental assessment of facilitated communication | Mental Retardation | 1993 | 111 |
| 25 | Aging Parents' Residential Plans for Adult Children With Mental Retardation | Mental Retardation | 1997 | 107 |
| 26 | Competence to Confess: Measuring Understanding and Suggestibility of Defendants With Mental Retardation | Mental Retardation | 1999 | 107 |
| 27 | Sequential stages of parental adjustment to the birth of a child with handicaps: fact or artifact? | Mental Retardation | 1984 | 104 |
| 28 | Subjective and Objective Quality of Life Assessment: Responsiveness, Response Bias, and Resident:Proxy Concordance | Mental Retardation | 2002 | 103 |
| 29 | Prevalence of obesity in adults with mental retardation: implications for health promotion and disease prevention | Mental Retardation | 1993 | 102 |
| 30 | What Works for People With Mental Retardation? Critical Commentary on Cognitive–Behavioral and Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Research | Mental Retardation | 2003 | 95 |
| 31 | National Survey of the Use of Assistive Technology by Adults With Mental Retardation | Mental Retardation | 1998 | 93 |
| 32 | Transition for Young Adults With Severe Mental Retardation: School Preparation, Parent Expectations, and Family Involvement | Mental Retardation | 2001 | 92 |
| 33 | Quality of life: its measurement and use | Mental Retardation | 1989 | 92 |
| 34 | Comparison of personal and computer-assisted instruction for children with autism | Mental Retardation | 1993 | 92 |
| 35 | Aging and Developmental Disabilities: Demographic and Policy Issues Affecting American Families | Mental Retardation | 1999 | 91 |
| 36 | Whose Quality of Life Is It Anyway? Some Problems With the Emerging Quality of Life Consensus | Mental Retardation | 1998 | 88 |
| 37 | Treatment of Adolescent Sex Offenders With Intellectual Disabilities | Mental Retardation | 1999 | 88 |
| 38 | How self-determined are people with mental retardation? The National Consumer Survey | Mental Retardation | 1995 | 88 |
| 39 | Consumer-Based Quality of Life Assessment: The Maryland Ask Me! Project | Mental Retardation | 2004 | 87 |
| 40 | “I'd Rather Watch TV”: An Examination of Physical Activity in Adults With Mental Retardation | Mental Retardation | 2005 | 87 |
| 41 | The learning of difficult visual discriminations by the moderately and severely retarded | Mental Retardation | 1973 | 87 |
| 42 | Sexual abuse of adults with mental retardation: who and where | Mental Retardation | 1994 | 87 |
| 43 | Integrating Supports in Assessment and Planning | Mental Retardation | 2002 | 84 |
| 44 | More Positive or Less Negative? Trends in Research on Adjustment of Families Rearing Children With Developmental Disabilities | Mental Retardation | 1998 | 82 |
| 45 | Ethical Challenges in the Conduct of Research Involving Persons With Mental Retardation | Mental Retardation | 2001 | 82 |
| 46 | “I Can Speak for Myself”: Involving Individuals With Intellectual Disabilities As Research Participants | Mental Retardation | 2000 | 80 |
| 47 | Social Support for Families of Children With Mental Retardation: Comparison Between Korea and the United States | Mental Retardation | 2002 | 79 |
| 48 | Quality of Life for Young Adults With Mental Retardation During Transition | Mental Retardation | 2003 | 79 |
| 49 | Family Experiences Associated With a Child's Diagnosis of Fragile X or Down Syndrome: Evidence for Disruption and Resilience | Mental Retardation | 2005 | 79 |
| 50 | Assessing Secondary Conditions Among Adults With Developmental Disabilities: A Preliminary Study | Mental Retardation | 2002 | 77 |
