Intellectual Disabilities

Question 1

Intellectual Disability

Answer 1

Significant impairment in general intellectual functioning that is accompanied by significant limitations in adaptive functioning and is obvious during the developmental period.

Question 2

Down Syndrome

Answer 2

Form of moderate-to-severe intellectual disability associated with a chromosomal abnormality and typically accompanied by characteristic physical features

Question 3

Klinefelter’s Syndrome

Answer 3

Type of intellectual disability associated with sex chromosome anomaly.

Question 4

Macrocephaly.

Answer 4

Rare type of intellectual disability characterized by an increase in the size and weight of the brain, enlargement of the skull, visual impairment, convulsions, and other neurological symptoms resulting from abnormal growth of glial cells that form the supporting structure for brain tissue.

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Microcephaly.

Answer 5

Type of intellectual disability resulting from impaired development of the brain and a consequent failure of the cranium to attain normal size.

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PKU

Answer 6

Phenylketonuria
Type of intellectual disability resulting from a baby’s lack of a liver enzyme needed to break down phenylalanine, an amino acid found in many foods.

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Profound

Answer 7

IQ: 19 or below

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Mild

Answer 8

IQ: 52-69

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Moderate

Answer 9

IQ: 36-51

Question 10

Severe

Answer 10

IQ: 20-35