Intellectual Disabilities

Intellectual disability is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by significantly subaverage general intellectual functioning existing concurrently with deficits in adaptive behavior and manifested during the developmental period that adversely affects educational performance.

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2017–2026

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Intellectual Disability

Parents

Special Education

Children

Adaptive BehaviorBehavioral SupportClassificationCognitive FunctioningCommunication DevelopmentCommunity IntegrationCommunity ParticipationDevelopmental AssessmentEtiologyFamily Support

Publications

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Trends in the Prevalence of Developmental Disabilities in US Children, 1997–2008

Coleen A. Boyle, Sheree L. Boulet, Laura A. Schieve et al. · PEDIATRICS · 2011 · 1.7K citations

Medicine, Child Health, Pediatrics +16

Diagnostic Exome Sequencing in Persons with Severe Intellectual Disability

Joep de Ligt, Marjolein H. Willemsen, Bregje W.M. van Bon et al. · New England Journal of Medicine · 2012 · 1.6K citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Genetics, Molecular Genetics +16

Mental ill-health in adults with intellectual disabilities: prevalence and associated factors

Sally‐Ann Cooper, Elita Smiley, Jillian Morrison et al. · The British Journal of Psychiatry · 2006 · 1.2K citations · Full text

Education, Psychiatry, Disability +14

Prevalence and Trends of Developmental Disabilities among Children in the United States: 2009–2017

Benjamin Zablotsky, Lindsey I Black, Matthew J. Maenner et al. · PEDIATRICS · 2019 · 1.2K citations

Medicine, Child Health, Pediatrics +14

Journal of Mental Deficiency Research

Nature · 1957 · 1.2K citations · Full text

Health Professions, Psychiatry, Intellectual Disabilities +3

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Eric Emerson
Lancaster University, United Kingdom
100 publications · 8.9K citations
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Richard P. Hastings
Bangor University, United Kingdom
105 publications · 7.2K citations
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Chris Hatton
Lancaster University, United Kingdom
79 publications · 6.1K citations
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Tjitske Kleefstra
Radboud University Nijmegen, Netherlands
65 publications · 8.5K citations
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Sally‐Ann Cooper
University of Glasgow, United Kingdom
63 publications · 6.9K citations
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Journal of Intellectual Disability Research
JIDR · 914 publications · 62.3K citations
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Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities
JARID · 651 publications · 30.4K citations
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Research in Developmental Disabilities
531 publications · 25.7K citations
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The American Journal of Human Genetics
AJHG · 106 publications · 11.3K citations
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Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability
303 publications · 13.2K citations
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See also Intellectual Disabilities
Diagnostic Criteria	Adaptive Behavior Intelligence Quotient
Adaptive Functioning	Social Skills Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales
Interventions	Special Education Physical Therapy Virtual Reality Early Intervention Vocational Training Mobile Application Development Speech-language Therapy Adherence Tangible User Interfaces Brain-computer Interfaces Family Support Adaptive Learning Environments Teletherapy Ethics Personalized Learning Behavior Occupational Medicine Pharmacological Therapy
Etiology	Down Syndrome Fragile X Syndrome Models Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Infections In Pregnancy Alcohol-related Neurodevelopmental Damage Metabolic Disorders Lead Exposure Traumatic Brain Injury Pediatric Central Nervous System Infection Copy Number Variant Benchmarking Single-nucleotide Variants Mercury Poisoning
Comorbid Conditions	Dementia Depression Autism Spectrum Disorders Anxiety Disorders Cerebral Palsy Attention-deficit/hyperactivity Disorder Seizures Behavioral Disorders Alzheimer Disease