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Significantly subaverage general cognitive and motor functioning existing concurrently with deficits in adaptive behavior that adversely affect socialization and learning; must be clinically diagnosed.
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| mental retardation |
an overall reduction in mental capacity, limiting learning and thinking in a broad and fundamental way.
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| mental retardation |
Abnormal intellectual performance, generally determined by an intelligence quotient (IQ) test. Mental retardation is divided into mild (IQ: 50 to 70) or severe (IQ: < 50). Severe mental retardation is subdivided into moderate, severe, and profound.
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| mental retardation |
Impaired or incomplete mental development characterized by an IQ of 70 or below and characterized by significant functional limitations in at least two of the following skills: communication, self-care, home living, social/interpersonal skills, use of community resources, self-direction, functional academic skills, work, leisure, health, and safety. Onset usually occurs before age 18. More than 200 specific causes of mental retardation have been identified. ...
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| mental retardation |
There are three diagnostic criteria to meet before a diagnosis of mental retardation can be made. (1) Significant sub-average intellectual functioning as measured on a standardized intelligence test, eg, WAIS-IV, plus (2) significant deficits in adaptive functioning, plus (3) on-set during the developmental period of life, ie, before age 18.
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