Intellectual Disability

Question 1

What are the diagnostic criteria for intellectual disabilities?

Answer 1

1. APA

2. AAIDD: American Association for Intellectual and Development Disabilities.

Question 2

What do deficits in intellectual abilities entail?

Answer 2

reasoning, problem-solving skills, planning, abstract thinking, judgement, academic learning and experiential learning.

Question 3

What are the daily life skills?

Answer 3

1. communication skills.
2. social skills.
3. personal independence at home.
4. school or occupational functioning.

Question 4

What are the predisposing factors of intellectual disability?

Answer 4

1. heredity.
2. embryonic development.
3. environmental influences.
4. mental disorders.
5. perinatal complications.
6. medical condition acquired in infancy or early childhood.

Question 5

What are the degrees of severity for intellectual disabilities?

Answer 5

1. mild mental retardation.
2. moderate mental retardation.
3. severe mental retardation.
4. profound mental retardation.

intermittent, limited, extensive and pervasive support.

Question 6

What are additional issues among those with intellectual disabilities>

Answer 6

1. marital discord.
2. parental mental health.
3. child abuse/neglect.
4. bullying or peer rejection.
5. deprivation or poverty.