PSYC 3850 Chapter Notes -Intellectual Disability, Summative Assessment, Individualized Education Program
6 Sep 2012
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In the history of treatment of persons with intellectual disabilities, advancements have mostly been made by family members urging government and society. In tribes, people with intellectual disabilities were considered a burden, because of consumption of food and water without contribution. Sterilization of persons with intellectual disabilities has been an issue for many years and remains an issue in some countries. No single discipline has the breadth and depth of expertise and resources necessary to fully support people who have intellectual disabilities. Intellectual disabilities: encompasses a wide range of characteristics, it is both a label of fact and a label of conjecture. Inclusion: implementing the principle of inclusion for all children with disabilities involved placing a significant number of such children in general education classrooms. Serving children in an inclusive educational setting emphasized the need for collaboration among professionals. The concept of intellectual disabilities is made more complex because the varying professions that deal with it hold widely divergent viewpoints.
