intellectual disability
noun1
Any disability that affects the intellect or cognitive ability of a person.
- It is claimed that 20 per cent of children will have an intellectual disability at some time in their lives, which may result from medical problems, sensory impairments, hysical disabilities, emotional and behavioural difficulties, language impairments, or specific learning problems such as dyslexia or autism [Emerson et al. 2001:7].2008, Linda Leung, Digital Experience Design: Ideas, Industries, Interaction, →ISBN, page 70:
- Students with intellectual disabilities, such as reading or developmental disabilities, may be given picture cues of certain emotions to match with nature.2014, Suzanne Degges-White, Bonnie R. Colon, Expressive Arts Interventions for School Counselors, →ISBN, page 309:
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- Rather, my subjects are independent people who are older than 18—not teenagers or children—who are without intellectual disabilities—such as Alzheimer's disease.2015, Ruiping Fan, Family-Oriented Informed Consent: East Asian and American Perspectives, →ISBN:
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Specifically, Usually An IQ below 70 or a severely below average ability to reason and to develop basic living skills.
- Related terms
- intellectually disabled