[PDF] Inclusion and Intellectual Disabilities: A - ed

What is intellectual disability?

Intellectual disability is defined by the sixth edition of the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders as deficits in the intellectual ability and the functions of adaptive and behavioral skills during the developmental period of his life (American 1Corresponding author.

Do students with intellectual disability have more language skills deficits?

Still, according to Afacan, Wilkerson, and Ruppar (2018), in their article on reading interventions for students with intellectual disability, they argue that these students have more language skills deficits than their peers.

What are the challenges of students with intellectual disability?

Students with intellectual disability have difficulty to be included in the school community (Drossinou - Korea, Matousi, Panopoulos, & Paraskevopoulou, 2016). One of the main problems they face is their participation in the general education curriculum, as they go to secondary education.

What is the relationship between intellectual disability and oral health?

In general, people with intellectual disability have poorer oral health and oral. hygiene than those without this condition. Data indicate that people who have intellectual disability have more untreated caries and a higher prevalence of gingivitis and other periodontal diseases than the general population.