><< The term "intellectual disability" correctly covers people who:
> * acquired their disability before the age of 18
> * have an IQ of 70 or under
> * have "significantly below average adaptive functioning"
> >>
>
>This term -- "intellectual disability" -- is not widely used in the
US, at
>least not in my experience. "Mental disability" is used broadly as
an
>umbrella term. For brain injuries, people refer to that specifically
--
>"people with brain injuries," "people with traumatic brain injury,"
etc. For
>what is referred to above, people tend to use "developmental
disabilities" or
>"DD" and "mental retardation" or "MR," but it's complicated.
>
The terminology varies a lot from country to country.
I'm writing from Australia, where "intellectual disability" is the
preferred term. In the UK, people usually talk about "learning
difficulties" or "learning disabilities". Claudia has given the US
usage...
It certainly *is* complicated!
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