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Moderate Intellectual Disability

Scope Note: 
Intellectual functioning that ranges three to four standard deviations below the mean (usually 40-54 IQ range), concurrent with adaptive deficiencies -- individuals with a moderate intellectual disability can learn self-help, communication, social, or simple vocational skills but only limited academic skills. Prior to 2015, "Moderate Mental Retardation" was used to index this concept.
Category: Disabilities
Broader Terms
Intellectual Disability
Narrower Terms
N/A
Use this term instead of
Moderate Mental Retardation
Trainable Mentally Handicapped (1967 1980)
Related Terms
Down Syndrome
Mild Intellectual Disability
Residential Schools
Severe Intellectual Disability
Added to ERIC: 9/4/2015