Intellectual Disability

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Intellectual Disability-Russian Culture
Intellectual disability is defined by the American Association of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD) as “a disability characterized by significant limitations in both intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior, which covers many everyday social and practical skills. This disability originates before the age of 18” (2013). To understand this definition, one will need to understand what exactly intellectual functioning and adaptive behavior are. Intellectual functioning is also known as intelligence, and includes general mental capacity, like problem solving, learning, reasoning, etc. Intellectual functioning can be determined using an IQ test, in which scores of 75 or below …show more content…

A person with an ID will most often encounter complications when trying to communicate; this is where an AAC device comes in. Those with ID have an idiosyncratic way of communicating that can sometimes be difficult for others to comprehend, making communicating limited to certain partners, but with the appropriate supports, an individual with ID can live and communicate within their environment as normally and as successfully as their peers without a disorder (Beukelman & Mirenda, …show more content…

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