Intellectual disability

Question 1

Mild ID (50-70)

Answer 1

• preschoolers no differences
• adults show impairment in abstract thinking, executive function, short term memory
  
  • EXPRESS CONCRETE RESPONSES to Problems
• IMMATURE in SOCIAL INTERACTIONS
  
  • problems with regulation of emotion
• PERSON IS AT RISK OF BEINGIN MANIPULATED (guillibility)
• HEALTH CARE AND LEGAL DECISION SUPPORT
  
  • RAISING A FAMILY NEEDS SUPPORT

Question 2

Moderate ID (35-50)

Answer 2

• LAG BEHIND PEERS
• In ADULTS academics are at the elementry leel and SUPPORT IS NEEDED in academic and conceptual task completion
• WORK SETTING need significant social and communication support
• WITH EXTENDED period of teaching, time, and reminders and individual can become INDEPENDENT
• maladaptive behavior present in significant minority

Question 3

Severe ID (20-35)

Answer 3

• CARETAKERS PROVIDE EXTENSIVE SUPPORT THROUGHOUT LIFE
• Speech is HERE AND NOW, language is social not explicative and may include gestures
• FAMILY AND FAMILIAR OTHERS OFFTER SUPPORT AND HELP
• SUPPORT FOR ALL ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING (meals, dressing, bathing, and elimination)
• MALADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR is present in significant minority

Question 4

profound ID (below 20)

Answer 4

• PHYSICAL would rather than symbolic process
• Visual spatial skills like matchinga nd sorting may be acquired
  
  • NON VERBAL non symbolic communication
• DEPENDENT ON ALL ASPECTS OF DAILY PHSYICAL CARE, HEALTH and SAFETY
• Maladaptive behaviors

Question 5

DOWN SYNDROME assocaited features

Answer 5

• higher risk for alzheimer’s type demention with pathological changes in early 40’s

Question 6

Prenatal risk factors

Answer 6

• genetic syndromes
• inborn errors of metabolism
• brain malformations
• maternal disease
• enviornmental influences

Question 7

Perinatal risk factor of ID

Answer 7

labor and delivery events

Question 8

Postnatal risk factors of ID

Answer 8

• hypoxic ischemic injury
• traumatic brian injury
• infections
• demyelinating disorders
• seizures
• severe and chronic sociald eprivation
• toxic metabolic sndrome
• intoxications (lead, mercury)

Question 9

specific culture, age, and gender featers

Answer 9

• Mild ID are overrepresented in lower socioeconomic classes
• GENER CONSIDERATION IN MILD AND SEVERE FORMS SHOW MALE TO FEMALE RATIO OF 1.6 to 1 for mild and 1.2 to 1 for severe
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