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A brief overview of the signs and symptoms of intellectual disability, and how it's treated in children and adolescents.
en EspañolChildren with intellectual disability (also known as intellectualdevelopmental
The American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual. The DSM contains the diagnostic criteria for every psychiatric disorder. It is the accepted standard for the diagnosis of psychiatric disorders in the United States.
disorder), have deficits in general intellectual functioning. They struggle with skills like reasoning, planning, judgment, thinking abstractly, and multiple types of learning. Many of the symptoms of intellectual disability are what people tend to call “mental retardation,” a term used in past versions of theDSM
until the DSM-5 renamed the disorder. The symptoms are split into three general categories: conceptual, social, and practical.
Conceptual Impairments
Social Impairments
Practical Impairments
Many special education programs can help children with intellectual disability. While it is a lifelong disorder, these programs use management and rehabilitation to help children improve on the skills they lack and live as happily and autonomously as possible.
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