Intellectual Disability: An Inability to Cope with an Intellectually Demanding World

Whitaker, S.

The current construct of intellectual disability is based on the assumption that both IQ and adaptive behaviour can be measured accurately. Intellectual Disability explains how and why this is not fit for purpose and that it is actually neither necessary nor reasonable to have a single construct of intellectual disability.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2013-01-01

Format: Paperback

ISBN-13: 9781349438976

DOI: 10.1057/9781137025586

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 199