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Bookmark or Share- Intellectual Disability: Definition, Symptoms, & TreatmentAn intellectual disability is when limitations in your mental abilities affect intelligence, learning and everyday life skills. The effects of this can vary widely. Some people may experience minor effects but still live independent lives. Others may have severe effects and need lifelong assistance and support.
- Facts About Intellectual Disability | CDCIntellectual disability is a term used when there are limits to a person’s ability to learn at an expected level and function in daily life. Levels of intellectual disability vary greatly in children.
- Intellectual Disability: Levels, Causes, and Outlook - HealthlineIn the past, medical professionals called this condition “mental retardation.” There are four levels of ID: mild. moderate. severe. profound. Sometimes, ID may be classified as: “other”...
- Intellectual disability: Definition, symptoms, treatment, and moreAn outdated and now offensive term for this condition was “mental retardation.” Read on to learn more about the definition of intellectual disability, its common causes, its symptoms, and some...
- Clinical Characteristics of Intellectual Disabilities - Mental ...Historically, intellectual disability (previously termed “mental retardation”) has been defined by significant cognitive deficits—which has been established through a standardized measure of intelligence, in particular, with an IQ score of below 70 (two standard deviations below the mean of 100 in the population)—and also by significant deficits...
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