Intellectual disability : an inability to cope with an intellectually demanding world /
Simon Whitaker, University of Huddersfield, UK.
- 1 online resource (200 pages)
Includes bibliographical references.
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.
9781137025586 (e-book)
People with mental disabilities. Developmental disabilities.