Lecture 10

Question 1

What is Intellectual disability

Answer 1

A disability characterised by significant limitations in both intellectual functioning and adaptive behaviour, which covers many everyday social and practical skills. Disability originates before 18

Question 2

What is adaptive behaviour

Answer 2

collection of conceptual, social, and practical skills that are learned and performed by people in everyday lives

Question 3

2 Benefits of the AAIDD classification

Answer 3

1) Provides a way to classify and organise information about support needs
2) Acknowledges that adaptive limitations and adaptive strengths can coexist

Question 4

5 Ways the AAIDD classification provides and organises information about support needs

Answer 4

1) Duration (hours of support)
2) Frequency (number of times per week of support)
3) context (environment for support)
4) resources (resources required to provide support)
5) Impact of support on life of recipient

Question 5

3 Limitations of the AAIDD approach

Answer 5

1) DSM-5 may be more widely known
2) IQ + adaptive behaviour assessments (and results) can be influenced by administration (clinical/experience/judgement)
3) complexity/comorbidity occurs amongst people including those with ID