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Intellectual Disability: An Inability to Cope with an Intellectually Demanding World


Intellectual Disability: An Inability to Cope with an Intellectually Demanding World

Hardback by Whitaker, S.

Intellectual Disability: An Inability to Cope with an Intellectually Demanding World

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ISBN:
9781137025579
Publication Date:
30 Oct 2013
Language:
English
Publisher:
Palgrave Macmillan
Pages:
199 pages
Format:
Hardback
For delivery:
Estimated despatch 27 - 29 May 2024
Intellectual Disability: An Inability to Cope with an Intellectually Demanding World

Description

The current construct of intellectual disability is based on the assumption that both IQ and adaptive behaviour can be measured accurately. Intellectual Disability explains how and why this is not fit for purpose and that it is actually neither necessary nor reasonable to have a single construct of intellectual disability.

Contents

1. History and Definitions 2. The Concept of Intelligence 3. Measuring Intelligence 4. The Concept and Measurement of Adaptive Behaviour 5. Acquiring a Diagnosis and the Prevalence of Intellectual Disability 6. Causes of Intellectual Disability 7. Problems with the Current Definition 8. Intellectual Disability Reconceptualised and Redefined

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