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intellectual disability

Introduction Intellectual disability comprises a heterogeneous group of people, who in their school years are singled out as having general difficulty in learning, and in adult life as having limitations in their independent community functioning. The present entry describes how to assess intelligence and cognitive processes, adaptive skills and social functioning and behavioural problems in persons with intellectual disability. [Source: Encyclopedia of Psychological Assessment; Mental Retardation]

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