EDSP 202

This is a genetic disorder characterized by moderate to severe Intellectual Disability, problems with language and academic functioning, and characteristic physical features.

• Fragile X Syndrome

• Down Syndrome

• Angelman's Syndrome

• Williams' Syndrome

This is a non-inherited genetic disorder characterized by mild Intellectual Disability, overeating and obesity, oppositional behavior toward adults, and obsessive-compulsive behavior.

PWS occurs in 1 per 20,000 live births (Dykens & Shah, 2003).

• Fragile X Syndrome

• Williams Syndrome

• Prader-Willi Syndrome

• Angelman's Syndrome

This refers to an inherited genetic disorder that is associated with physical anomalies, moderate to severe intellectual impairment, and social/behavioral problems. It occurs in 1 per 1,500 live births — about 1 per 1,000 males and 1 per 2,000 females (Sadock & Sadock, 2003). It is caused by is caused by a mutation in a mutation in a gene on the X chromosome,

• Down Syndrome

• Fragile X Syndrome

• Williams Syndrome

• Angelman's Syndrome

This is a genetically based developmental disorder characterized by Intellectual Disability, speech impairment, happy demeanor, and unusual motor behavior. The disorder was identified by the English physician Harry Angelman.

• Fragile X Syndrome

• Prader-Willi Syndrome

• Williams Syndrome

• Angelman's Syndrome

This refers to a genetic disorder characterized by low intellectual functioning, unusual strengths in spoken language and sociability, hyperactivity, impulsivity, and inattention (Elsabbagh & Karmiloff-Smith, 2012). Children with this syndrome can be identified by their facial features. They often have broad foreheads; full

lips; widely spaced teeth; star-shaped patterns in their irises;

and elfin-like noses, eyes, and ears.

• Williams Syndrome

• Fragile X Syndrome

• Down Syndrome

• Angelman's Syndrome

All of the following criteria must be met when evaluating a person with Intellectual Disability except:

• Deficits in intellectual functions, such as reasoning, problem solving, planning, abstract thinking, judgment, academic learning, and learning from experience, unconfirmed by clinical assessment and individualized, standardized

  intelligence testing.

• Onset of intellectual and adaptive deficits during the developmental period.

• Deficits in adaptive functioning that result in failure to meet developmental and socio-cultural standards for personal

  independence and social responsibility.

• None of the above

The term intellectual disability is increasingly being used instead of mental retardation because of the following reasons:

• It aligns better with current professional practices that focus on functional behavior.

• It is less offensive to persons with disability.

• It is more consistent with international terminology.

• All of the above

_____________ is a neurodevelopmental disability that is only diagnosed in children less than 5 years of age. It is diagnosed when the infant or child fails to meet developmental milestones in several areas.