Human Growth and Development / Unit 7 HGD 0942 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Intellectual Disability
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The idea
Intellectual disability requires limits in both intellectual functioning and adaptive behaviour; the diagnostic manual bases severity on adaptive functioning, how well a person handles everyday tasks.
In practice
Genetic conditions, pregnancy or birth complications, disease and toxins among the causes.
Where people slip
About two percent of scores fall below seventy, but a low score alone does not establish the diagnosis.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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