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intellectual disability

vr.tr.intellectual-disability · XCT.STA

Let an agent explain intellectual disability and its causes and classification using respectful language, describe support, education and rights, relay guidance from disability and health bodies, and route personal medical questions to clinicians.

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Research draft, second pass

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Researched by: Claude

Purpose and description

Let an agent explain intellectual disability and its causes and classification using respectful language, describe support, education and rights, relay guidance from disability and health bodies, and route personal medical questions to clinicians.

A neurodevelopmental condition characterised by significant limitations in intellectual functioning and adaptive behaviour beginning in the developmental period, classified by severity as mild, moderate, severe or profound and arising from genetic, prenatal, perinatal or environmental causes, sometimes as part of named syndromes; intellectual disability is the current respectful term replacing older terms now considered offensive, and people with intellectual disability have rights to education, support, inclusion and self-determination.

What it is for: Neurodevelopmental condition affecting intellectual and adaptive functioning.

It can be explain causes and classification; describe support and rights; relay guidance; route personal questions.

Distinguishing features

Developmental onset

Intellectual and adaptive criteria

Severity levels

Rights framework

What it looks like

Not physical; identified through assessment.

How it is recognised

Limitations in intellectual and adaptive functioning from childhood

Mild to profound

Learning disabilities affect specific skills; dementia is acquired later in life

Related models

is a kind of - category

specific developmental disorder

is a kind of - category

cognitive deficit

is related to - a co-occurring neurodevelopmental condition

autism

is related to - early education settings

kindergarten

In practice

Families and kinds

mild intellectual disability

moderate intellectual disability

severe and profound intellectual disability

genetic and syndromic forms

intellectual disability with co-occurring conditions

Standards and regulation

Diagnostic classifications

Disability rights conventions and law

Inclusive education and support standards

Failure modes and hazards

Using outdated or offensive terminology

Agents giving diagnostic advice

Denying autonomy and rights

Also called

behavioral disorder associated with intellectual disabilitiesMirhosseini–Holmes–Walton syndromegenetic intellectual disabilitymild intellectual disabiltyprofound intellectual disabilitymoderate mental retardationSevere mental retardation2q37 deletion syndromesyndromic intellectual disabilitynon-syndromic intellectual disabilitymorondisability affecting intellectual abilitiesfeeble-mindedmental retardation in childrenimbecileMickleson syndrome

Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Source repository Registry entry point

Drafted structure

Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.

Understand What intellectual disability is.

Respectful language.

Definition

Definition and classification.

Definition

Definition.

  1. How is intellectual disability defined and classified, and why have older terms been replaced? definition
  2. Is the language respectful and person-centred? boundary

Causes

Causes.

Causes

Causes.

  1. What genetic, prenatal, perinatal and environmental causes are known, according to health bodies? provenance
  2. Is the user asking about their own or a family member diagnosis, which needs a clinician? boundary
Support Support and education.

Guidance.

Education

Education and development.

Education

Education.

  1. What do disability and education bodies recommend for early intervention, inclusive education and skills development? provenance
  2. Which entry fits inclusive education? action

Services

Services and support.

Services

Services.

  1. What support services, benefits and organisations exist for people with intellectual disability and families? provenance
  2. Is someone in crisis, needing urgent help? boundary
Rights Rights and inclusion.

Society.

Rights

Rights.

Rights

Rights.

  1. What rights to self-determination, supported decision-making and inclusion do disability conventions and laws establish? provenance
  2. Which entry fits disability rights? action

Voices

Self-advocacy.

Voices

Self-advocacy.

  1. How do self-advocates with intellectual disability describe their experiences and priorities, in their own terms? provenance
  2. Is the presentation free of stigma? boundary
Learn History and research.

Education.

History

History.

History

History.

  1. How have understanding, terminology and treatment of intellectual disability changed, including the move from institutions to community living? provenance
  2. Which references are standard? provenance

Research

Research.

Research

Research.

  1. What research is under way on causes, support and health outcomes? provenance
  2. Which misconceptions arise? provenance

What the second pass must settle

  • Should each severity level be a separate entry?
  • How should disability organisations be linked?
  • How should terminology guidance be documented?
Draft as JSON