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Definition of Intellectual Disability


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Thursday, 03 November 2011 09:47 Mark Pattison
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Intellectual disability is characterised by significant limitations both in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behaviour. This disability originates before age 18.

What does this mean? Intelligence is a general mental ability. It includes reasoning, planning, solving problems, thinking abstractly, comprehending complex ideas, learning quickly, and learning from experience.

Intelligence is not merely book learning, a narrow academic skill, or test-taking smarts. It reflects a broader and deeper capacity for comprehending our surroundings - catching on, making sense of things, or figuring out what to do.

People with intellectual disability need support to understand complex ideas

  • to adapt effectively to their environments, to learn from experience
  • to engage in various forms of reasoning and,
  • to overcome obstacles by thinking and communicating