INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY
The term intellectual disability includes impairments of general mental abilities that impact adaptive functioning. Symptoms of intellectual disability first appear during the developmental period and diagnosis requires a comprehensive assessment of intelligence across conceptual, social, and practical domains (American Psychiatric Association, 2013). Adaptive skill areas include Conceptual, Language, Reading, Writing, Math, Reasoning
, Knowledge, Memory, Social, Empathy, Social judgment
, Interpersonal communication skills, Ability to make and retain friendships, self management, Personal care, Job responsibilities, Money management, Recreation, Organizing school and work tasks.
