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| Physical Development: Mildly Intellectually Disabled |
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| present few if any divergent pysical symptoms. Minor differences may be seen in measures of health, physical, & motor preformances, & at the age at which motor/language milestones are attained. |
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Physical Development: Moderate Range
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| Usually less coordinated & physically able; much slower in reaching milestones such as learning to walk, talk, eat & toilet themselves. |
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Physical Development: Severely Retarded
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| may show poor speech, inadequate social skills, poor motor development or non-ambulation, incontinence, sensory impairments, seizures annd cerebral palsy. |
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Physical Development: Profoundly retarded
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- Realative: have less organis damage & are capable of some degree of ambulation, communication & self help skills.
- Absolute: most severely disabled of all ppl. without various forms of intensive training & therapy they exhibit virtually no adaptive behaviour Many of these ppl are medically fragile.
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Term
| Intellectual disability: Memory |
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Definition
| particularly problematic; memory efficiency decreases as the level of disability increases. |
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Definition
sensory register, where info is percieved and attended to.
short-term memory, info is held for about five seconds. (to take from short-term memory to long-term rehearsal and elaboration are helpful)
long-term memory, info is stored, probably permamently. |
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