Volume : II, Issue : IX, September - 2013

Mental Retardation Or Intellectual Disability (Does it really matter in clinical practice)

Avinash De Sousa

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Our purpose in this commentary is to clarify the shift to the term intellectual disability. At the heart of that shift is the understanding that this term covers the same population of individuals who were diagnosed previously with mental retardation in number, kind, level, type, and duration of the disability and the need of people with this disability for individualized services and supports. Furthermore, every individual who is or was eligible for a diagnosis of mental retardation is eligible for a diagnosis of intellectual disability. In addition, we explore why the field is shifting to the term intellectual disability. Increased understanding is based on a clear distinction among the construct used to describe a phenomenon, the term used to name the phenomenon, and the definition used to precisely explain the term and establish the term’s meaning and boundaries.

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Avinash De Sousa Mental Retardation Or Intellectual Disability (Does it really matter in clinical practice) International Journal of Scientific Research, Vol : 2, Issue : 9 September 2013

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