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Facts about Intellectual Disabilities

Intellectual disabilities are non-curable intellectual impairments which affect the learning ability of an individual. People with an intellectual disability are slow learners and may also be impaired in their social adaptation. Impairment is permanent, but can be compensated through development of the person's full potential.

Fact: There are over 7.1 million Americans with some form of intellectual disability. One in ten families are affected.

Fact: On the average, 3% of the population have a developmental disability.

Fact: There are over 250 known causes of intellectual disabilities, but in one-third of the people affected, the cause remains unknown.

Fact: Intellectual disabilities affect intelligence. Mental illnesses are biologically-based brain disorders. The two are not the same.




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