PSY311H5 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Intellectual Disability, Vocational Rehabilitation, Least Restrictive Environment
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Disorder: a disturbance in normal functioning (mental, physical or psychological) Disability: a condition resulting from a loss of physical functioning; or, difficulties in learning and social adjustment that significantly interfere with normal growth and development. Handicap: a limitation imposed on a person by the environment and the person"s capacity to cope with that limitation. Exceptional: an individual whose physical, mental, or behavioral performance deviates so substantially from the average (higher or lower) that additional support is required to meet the individual"s needs. Gifts and talents: extraordinary abilities in one or more areas. Learning disabilities: a condition in which one or more of an individual"s basic psychological processes in understanding or using language are deficient. Intellectual disabilities: substantial limitations in functioning, characterized by significantly sub average intellectual functioning concurrent with related limitations in two or more adaptive skills. Intellectual disability is manifested prior to age 18.
