Mild Intellectual Disability
Scope Note:
Intellectual functioning that ranges two to three standard deviations below the mean (usually 55-69 IQ range), concurrent with adaptive deficiencies -- individual with mild intellectual disability are able to acquire functional academic skills through special education and adults can usually maintain themselves at least semi-independently in a community. Prior to 2015, "Mild Mental Retardation" was used to index this concept.
Category: Disabilities
Broader Terms Intellectual DisabilityMild Disabilities Narrower Terms N/AUse this term instead of Educable Mentally Handicapped (1966 1980)Mild Mental Retardation | Related Terms Down SyndromeModerate Intellectual Disability Residential Schools Severe Intellectual Disability Slow Learners |
Added to ERIC: 9/4/2015