Children with Intellectual Disabilities

Children with Intellectual Disabilities

Children with Intellectual Disabilities Intellectual Disability (ID) (formerly called mental retardation) is the most common developmental disability–nearly 6.5 million people in the United States have some level of ID. (more than 545,000 are ages 6-21). What is an “Intellectual Disability”? Children with IDs have significant difficulties in both intellectual functioning (e.​g. communicating, learning,…

January 18, 2019 0