Intellectual Development Disability Flashcards
are disorders that are usually present at birth and that negatively affect the trajectory of the individual’s development
Intellectual Development Disability
What developments are affected in IDD
Physical, Intellectual, Emotional
Many of these conditions affect multiple body parts or systems.
IDD
What age IDD starts?
Anytime before 18
IDD is characterized by problems with both:
Intellectual functioning or intelligence
Adaptive behavior
Intellectual functioning or intelligence, include the ability to
Learn, reason, problem solve, and other skills
Adaptive behavior includes
Everyday social and skills life.
IQ of IDD
approximately 70 or below
What gender it usually occurs
Twice frequently in male as in female children
They experience of exhibit significant limitations in at least 2 of the following skill areas:
communication, self-care, home living, social/ interpersonal skills, use of community resources, self-direction, functional academic skills, work, leisure, health and safety
Associated features include
irritability, aggressiveness, temper tantrums, stereotyped repetitive movements, nail biting, and stuttering.
is the deficit in adaptive behavior along with intellectual impairment.
IDD by American Association of Mental Deficiency
Etiology of IDD
Genetic conditions, problems during pregnancy, problems at birth, health problems, environmental factors
Deficits in IDD
Conceptual, social, practical skills
Genetic conditions
Down syndrome
Fragile X syndrome -geneteic abn
Phenylketonuria (PKU)
can result when the baby does not develop inside the mother properly.
Problems during pregnancy
Problems during pregnancy
*problems with the way the baby’s cell divide as it grows.
*A woman who drinks alcohol or gets an infection like rubella during pregnancy. *Preeclampsia, drug abuse
if baby has problems during labor and birth, such as not getting enough oxygen
Problems at birth
Problems at birth
*Injury to the brain suffered during pre-peri and post-natal period
*Cranial malformations such as micro-macro cephalus
diseases like whooping cough, measles, and meningitis, malnutrition, not getting enough medical care.
Health problems
Health problems
*Severe neglect or abuse
*Exposure to poisons like lead and mercury
Environmental factors
Poverty
The severity of the intellectual deficit is classified
mild, moderate, severe, profound
Mild IDD IQ
I.Q. 55 to 70
None in early childhood
Mild IDD
Mental age of Mild IDD
8-12