Intellectual impairment

disability /dis·a·bil·i·ty/ (dis″ah-bil´it-e)

1. inability to function normally, physically or mentally; incapacity.

2. anything that causes disability.

3. as defined by the federal government: “inability to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment which can be expected to last or has lasted for a continuous period of not less than 12 months.”

developmental disability a substantial handicap of indefinite duration, with onset before the age of 18 years, such as mental retardation, autism, cerebral palsy, epilepsy, or other neuropathy.

developmental disability

A cognitive, emotional, or physical impairment, especially one related to abnormal sensory or motor development, that appears in infancy or childhood and involves a failure or delay in progressing through the normal developmental stages of childhood.

developmental disability (DD),

a pathologic condition that starts developing before 18 years of age. Most developmental disabilities persist throughout the individual's life, although many can be effectively treated. See also congenital anomaly.

disability [dis″ah-bil´ĭ-te]

1. impairment of function to below the maximal level, either physically or mentally.

2. anything that causes such impairment.

3. the United States Government defines a disability as “a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more of an individual's major life activities:” this includes both those individuals with a record of an impairment and those regarded as having such an impairment.

4. the World Health Organization defines disability as loss of function at the level of the whole person, which may include inability to communicate or to perform mobility, activities of daily living, or necessary vocational or avocational activities; rehabilitation is aimed at teaching patients to remediate or compensate and thus maximize functional independence. See also handicap and impairment.

developmental disability a substantial handicap in mental or physical functioning, with onset before the age of 18 and of indefinite duration. Examples are autism, cerebral palsy, uncontrolled epilepsy, certain other neuropathies, and mental retardation.

Patient discussion about developmental disability.

Q. Is pervasive developmental disorder (PDD) or autism is fatal……what exactly it is……?

A. Autism is not fatal in its symptom and progression but it can become fatal as it does impair normal physiological function it CAN BE a fatal condition. It’s a group of illness which involves delays in the development of basic skills. It happens to children below age 3. It affects the child`s ability to communicate and interact. Autism affected children are also found to be mentally retarded.

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The liver is very important, when having liver disease sometimes it causes hepatic encephalopathy, which involves brain damage, personality changes, and intellectual impairment due to hyperammonemia which is high levels of ammonia in the blood.

Good Health Means Keeping Your Liver Healthy by Steven A Johnson / Food/cooking/nutrition community

Fragile X syndrome is the most common form of inherited intellectual impairment.

Novel way to detect intellectual disabilities by Asian News International

For most people with intellectual impairment, their pre-existing disability does not seem to influence risk for dementia or, for that matter, the broader effects of aging on health status.

Our children's "golden years" by Silverman, Wayne / The Exceptional Parent

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