Intellectual Disability (ID)
Kids with this type of disability have below-average intellectual ability. They may also have poor communication, self-care, and social skills. Down syndrome is one example of a condition that involves an intellectual disability.
Federal Definition of ID
(6) Intellectual disability means significantly subaverage general intellectual functioning, existing concurrently with deficits in adaptive behavior and manifested during the developmental period, that adversely affects a child’s educational performance. The term “intellectual disability” was formerly termed “mental retardation.” cerebral palsy, amputations, and fractures or burns that cause contractures).
In 2021, roughly 6% of all school age children with a disability had some form of Intellectual Disability
OSEP Fast Facts: Children Identified with Intellectual Disability