EDUC 325 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Cerebral Palsy, Intellectual Disability, Developmental Disability
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Changed to less offensive terms at the time, mental deficiency, mental handicap, mental retardation. 2010 rosa"s law mental retardation removed from all federal legislation. Aaidd definition, 2002: intellectual disability is a disability characterized by significant limitations in both intellectual functioning and adaptive behavior which covers many everyday social and practical skills; this disability originates before the age of 18 . Idea definition significantly sub average in general intellect function, existing concurrently with deficits in adaptive behavior and manifested during the developmental period that adversely affects children. Environmental factors (lead, mercury, environmental toxins brain damage or nervous system damage) Seizure disorders in 33% of individuals in institutional settings. Cerebral palsy in 30-60% of people with severe intellectual disabilities. General mental capacity includes: reasoning, problem solving, abstract thinking and comprehension, learning from experience. Best represented by intelligence test scores mental ability or iq. Collection of skills that individuals learn in order to function in everyday life.
