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    Intellectual Disability

    Every child develops and learns at dissimilar speeds and several ways. However, a number of children will learn at a much slower pace than other children of the same age. This may be because of an intellectual disability which can be linked with some genetic or inherited conditions such as autism, Fragile X syndrome, Prader Willi syndrome, and Down syndrome. Some cause may be due to a head injury or illness, but for a few the causes are not found.

    Each person with intellectual disability can develop and learn because there are already many of services obtainable to aid and assist people with this disability and their families. There are some normal terms used for intellectual disability, which are as follows:

    Developmental Delay is a phrase used for a child who is developing more slowly than other children of the same age in one or more areas of development.

    Global Development Delay is a term used when a child is developing more slowly than same age children in all areas of development.

    Areas of development is used by professionals when referring to talk about dissimilar types of learning. The main areas of development include movement which is gross and fine motor movement, communication which is talking and listening, self care, feeding, thinking, social, emotional, and sensory development.

    Sensory Development is the development of the several senses of smell, vision, hearing, touch, taste, as well as movement awareness. An instance on this, is when children obtain older, they come to understand that all food does not taste the same, lemons are sour, candies are sweet, and via time they combine information given by their senses to obtain a better idea of what is happening around them.

    Sensory Integration defines a child's capacity to organize and respond to information received via the senses such as smell, touch, hearing, vision, and movement. Children need to be able to sort out and react to sensory information before they can develop more intricate thinking skills and behaviors.

    Delayed Intellectual development refers to slow learning in a child usually below the age of five, and is an often used term of professionals if they are not certainly is the slowness is permanent or temporary.

    Intellectual disability is when a child learns more slowly compared to other children of the same age, and has a difficulty in learning a range of skills required to survive and work in the society. These skills include self-care, communication, social, and personal safety. Individuals with intellectual disability will also have limitations in thinking skills including the capability to reason out and remember. They will also have trouble with recognition and organizing information, as well as difficulty comprehending on how things are or how events relate to each other.

    The early assistance on children with developmental delay will allow to make them catch up later and then continue to develop as other children of the same age, as not all development delays result to intellectual disability.

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