Intellectual disability : an inability to cope with an intellectually demanding world / Simon Whitaker, University of Huddersfield, UK.

By: Whitaker, Simon, 1952- [author.]Material type: TextTextPublisher: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013Description: 1 online resource (200 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781137025586 (e-book)Subject(s): People with mental disabilities | Developmental disabilitiesGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Intellectual disability : an inability to cope with an intellectually demanding world.DDC classification: 362.3 LOC classification: HV3004 | .W47 2013Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
History and definitions -- The concept of intelligence -- Measuring intelligence -- The concept and measurement of adaptive behaviour -- Acquiring a diagnosis and the prevalence of intellectual disability -- Causes of intellectual disability -- Problems with the current definition -- Intellectual disability reconceptualised and redefined.
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History and definitions -- The concept of intelligence -- Measuring intelligence -- The concept and measurement of adaptive behaviour -- Acquiring a diagnosis and the prevalence of intellectual disability -- Causes of intellectual disability -- Problems with the current definition -- Intellectual disability reconceptualised and redefined.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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