Intellectual Disability

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Intellectual disability occurs before age 18, and is characterized by delayed development in intellectual functioning and adaptive behavior. The intellectual disability may vary from mild to profound. Adaptive behavior includes skills that people learn so that they can function in their everyday lives. This delayed development is reflected in low performance across academic and other skill areas, as well as significantly lower scores on measures of intelligence and adaptive behavior, when compared with students who are not identified with intellectual disabilitie.  Click on one of the three circles above for additional information.