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Severe Intellectual Disability

Scope Note: 
Intellectual functioning that is more than four standard deviations below the mean (usually below 40 IQ range), concurrent with adaptive deficiencies -- individuals with a severe intellectual disability require continual supervision and care. Prior to 2015, "Severe Mental Retardation" was used to index this concept.
Category: Disabilities
Broader Terms
Intellectual Disability
Severe Disabilities
Narrower Terms
N/A
Use this term instead of
Custodial Mentally Handicapped (1968 1980)
Profoundly Mentally Retarded
Severe Mental Retardation
Related Terms
Mild Intellectual Disability
Moderate Intellectual Disability
Residential Care
Added to ERIC: 9/4/2015