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Intellectual Disability

An Inability to Cope with an Intellectually Demanding World
By:S. Whitaker
Publisher:Springer Nature
Print ISBN:9781137025579
eText ISBN:9781137025586
Edition:0
Copyright:2013
Format:Reflowable

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The current construct of intellectual disability is based on the assumption that both IQ and adaptive behaviour can be measured accurately. Intellectual Disability explains how and why this is not fit for purpose and that it is actually neither necessary nor reasonable to have a single construct of intellectual disability.