Chapter 12
Upon completion of this chapter, you should be able to:
- Define intellectual disability;
- Understand the history of intellectual disability;
- List and describe the areas of functioning in intellectual disability;
- Understand causes of intellectual disability;
- Understand issues related to the diagnosis of intellectual disability;
- Identify disorders associated with intellectual disability;
- Understand strategies and adaptations related to working with children with intellectual disability;
- Describe some methods of teaching early academic and literacy skills to children with intellectual disability.
- How do you think children with intellectual disability learn best?
- Reflect on your past experiences in your home and school environment. How did other people – relatives, friends, and peers – regard a child with intellectual disability?
- How do you think the attitudes of people in your environment and community influenced your own perceptions and attitudes toward individuals with intellectual disability?
- American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities http://www.aamr.org/
- Image Archive on the American Archives on Eugenics Movement http://www.eugenicsarchive.org
- National Down Syndrome Society http://www.ndss.org
- FRAXA-The Fragile X Research Foundation http://www.fraxa.org
- National Organization on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome http://www.nofas.org
- Parents and Researchers Interested in Smith-Magenis Syndrome http://www.prisms.org/
- Prader-Willi Syndrome Association http://www.pwsausa.org
- Responsive Teaching http://responsiveteaching.org
- Angelman Syndrome Foundation, Inc. http://www.angelman.org
- The William Syndrome Association http://www.williams-syndrome.org