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Established in 1963, Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (IDD) is a journal of current policy, best practices, and new perspectives on intellectual and developmental disabilities. IDD provides a forum for the dissemination of rigorously reviewed, actionable information and transformative concepts, with a focus on praxis over theory. [15]
Qualified Mental Retardation Professional (QMRP) [13] [14] was the term first used in federal standards developed in the late 1970s and early 1980s for intermediate care facilities for developmentally disabled people. In 2010, Rosa's Law [15] changed the terminology from "Mental Retardation" to "Intellectual Disability."
MIL-STD-498 was the baseline for industry standards (e.g. IEEE 828-2012, IEEE 12207-2017) that followed it. It also contains much of the material that the subsequent professionalization of project management covered in the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK). The document "MIL-STD-498 Overview and Tailoring Guidebook" is 98 pages.
Operating ICFs/IID certified companies and organizations must recognize the developmental, cognitive, social, physical, and behavioral needs of individuals with intellectual disabilities who live in their setting or environment by requiring that each individual receives active treatment in regards to appropriate habilitation of their functions to be eligible for Medicaid funding. [6]
The Florida Board of Education passed new standards for teaching Black history in public schools
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.
When Florida’s State Board of Education adopted new standards for teaching African American history earlier this month, a deluge of criticism quickly followed. It was largely directed at two ...
The College Board has refuted claims its Advanced Placement African American Studies course contains the same language as a contested standard in Florida’s new African American history standards.