medical study areas regarding children with intellectual disabilities, key
areas include
understanding co-occurring conditions, identifying genetic and non-genetic causes, developing effective
communication strategies, and ensuring accessibility to healthcare and support service
What are the medical aspects of learning disabilities?
Symptoms may include inaccurate or slow and effortful reading, poor written expression
that lacks clarity, difficulties remembering number facts, or inaccurate mathematical
reasoning.
Medical Model of Disability:
The medical model looks at a person's impairment first and focuses on the impairment as the
cause of disabled people being unable to access goods and services or being able to participate
fully in society.
What is the medical classification of intellectual disability based on?
It has historically been defined as an Intelligence Quotient score under 70. Once
focused almost entirely on cognition, the definition now includes both a component
relating to mental functioning and one relating to individuals' functional skills in their
environment.20 Feb 2020
intellectual disabilities are caused by brain damage, it doesn't have to be
massive to have an effect. Different parts of the brain are used for different
functions and it needs only one tiny part to be damaged in some way for it to
have an effect. In more general terms the causes of intellectual disabilities are
outlined here:
causes of intellectual disabilities. The most common are:
Genetic conditions. Sometimes an intellectual disability is caused by
abnormal genes inherited from parents, errors when genes combine, or
other reasons. Examples of genetic conditions are Down syndrome,
fragile X syndrome, and phenylketonuria (PKU).
Problems during pregnancy. An intellectual disability can result
when the baby does not develop inside the mother properly. For
example, there may be a problem with the way the baby’s cells divide
as it grows. A woman who drinks alcohol or gets an infection like rubella
during pregnancy may also have a baby with an intellectual disability.
Problems at birth. If a baby has problems during labor and birth, such
as not getting enough oxygen, he or she may have an intellectual
disability.
Health problems. Diseases like whooping cough, the measles, or
meningitis can cause intellectual disabilities. They can also be caused
by extreme malnutrition (not eating right), not getting enough medical
care, or by being exposed to poisons like lead or mercury
areas include
understanding co-occurring conditions, identifying genetic and non-genetic causes, developing effective
communication strategies, and ensuring accessibility to healthcare and support service
What are the medical aspects of learning disabilities?
Symptoms may include inaccurate or slow and effortful reading, poor written expression
that lacks clarity, difficulties remembering number facts, or inaccurate mathematical
reasoning.
Medical Model of Disability:
The medical model looks at a person's impairment first and focuses on the impairment as the
cause of disabled people being unable to access goods and services or being able to participate
fully in society.
What is the medical classification of intellectual disability based on?
It has historically been defined as an Intelligence Quotient score under 70. Once
focused almost entirely on cognition, the definition now includes both a component
relating to mental functioning and one relating to individuals' functional skills in their
environment.20 Feb 2020
intellectual disabilities are caused by brain damage, it doesn't have to be
massive to have an effect. Different parts of the brain are used for different
functions and it needs only one tiny part to be damaged in some way for it to
have an effect. In more general terms the causes of intellectual disabilities are
outlined here:
causes of intellectual disabilities. The most common are:
Genetic conditions. Sometimes an intellectual disability is caused by
abnormal genes inherited from parents, errors when genes combine, or
other reasons. Examples of genetic conditions are Down syndrome,
fragile X syndrome, and phenylketonuria (PKU).
Problems during pregnancy. An intellectual disability can result
when the baby does not develop inside the mother properly. For
example, there may be a problem with the way the baby’s cells divide
as it grows. A woman who drinks alcohol or gets an infection like rubella
during pregnancy may also have a baby with an intellectual disability.
Problems at birth. If a baby has problems during labor and birth, such
as not getting enough oxygen, he or she may have an intellectual
disability.
Health problems. Diseases like whooping cough, the measles, or
meningitis can cause intellectual disabilities. They can also be caused
by extreme malnutrition (not eating right), not getting enough medical
care, or by being exposed to poisons like lead or mercury
