1.   He works overtime to hide his compassion, which surfaces briefly during his gym play with retarded adults.

2.   Jesse O. Valentine had a history of bowel obstructions, but nobody at his group home for mentally retarded adults called the doctor when he complained of stomach pains.

3.   Some states even let doctors forcibly sterilize retarded adults.

4.   There will still not be enough money to open Brook Run, the former state home for mentally retarded adults, as a county park.

5.   These were mildly retarded adults moving into the Glebe Avenue Residence, a group home that opened Saturday in Castle Hill, a working-class neighborhood.

6.   Massachusetts has agreed to quadruple spending on mentally retarded adults to settle a class-action lawsuit over the long wait to get into state-funded homes.

7.   Massachusetts has agreed to almost quadruple spending on programs for mentally retarded adults to settle a class-action lawsuit over the lengthy wait for state services.