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Intellectual disability (ID), also known as general learning disability (in the United Kingdom), [3] and formerly mental retardation (in the United States), [4] [5] [6] is a generalized neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by significant impairment in intellectual and adaptive functioning that is first apparent during childhood.
Larry P. v. Riles is a California court case in which the court held that IQ tests could not be used to place African-American students in special education classes.. Five African-American children had been placed in special classes for the "educable mentally retarded", based on low IQ test scores.
Educationally subnormal was a term used historically in the United Kingdom to refer to children with very limited intellectual abilities. Throughout much of the 20th century, British education policy focused on separating these children from the wider school population and they were often viewed as being incapable of meaningful improvement.
There are a variety of disabilities affecting cognitive ability.This is a broad concept encompassing various intellectual or cognitive deficits, including intellectual disability (formerly called mental retardation), deficits too mild to properly qualify as intellectual disability, various specific conditions (such as specific learning disability), and problems acquired later in life through ...
He was adopted by Mamie Brown, a 38-year-old single woman who worked as a cafeteria attendant and domestic assistant. Brown claims that he was declared "educable mentally retarded" in grade school, which damaged his self-esteem and confidence. [2]
Newberry Regional Mental Health Center- Developmental Services (-1992) Michigan Farm Colony for Epileptics/Caro Regional Mental Health Center, Wahjamega/Caro (1914–present) Wayne County Training School, Northville Township (1926–1974) Coldwater Regional Center for Developmental Disabilities (1935-1987) Mount Pleasant Center (1937-2009)
Educable mentally handicapped: EMR Educable mentally retarded: ENS Epidermal nevus syndrome: EPM Extrapontine myelinolysis (see central pontine myelinolysis) EPP Erythropoietic protoporphyria: ESRD End-stage renal disease: ESS Empty sella syndrome: EVD Ebola Virus Disease
Of particular concern is the over-representation of minority children in particular categories of disability such as "mental retardation" and emotional disturbance. [ citation needed ] The educational landscape has changed a great deal since the passage of the individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act (IDEA, 2004).