Intellectual Disability
Intellectual disability is a developmental condition involving significant limitations in intellectual functioning and everyday adaptive skills that begin during childhood.
Intellectual disability is a neurodevelopmental condition characterized by difficulties with intellectual abilities such as learning, reasoning, problem solving, and understanding information, along with challenges in adaptive skills needed for everyday life. It begins during the developmental period and can have many causes, including GENETIC CONDITIONS, problems before or during birth, infections, or injuries affecting the BRAIN.
Intellectual disability is a condition where a person has difficulties with learning and everyday skills that start during childhood.
• Neurodevelopmental condition beginning in childhood • Affects learning and intellectual abilities • Also affects everyday adaptive skills • Severity varies among individuals • May have genetic, developmental, or environmental causes • Older terms include mental retardation and mental handicap
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