REACH Module 1A: Introduction to Intellectual Disability

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1. What 3 elements need to be present in order for an individual to be diagnosed with ID?

2. Which of the following is NOT an example of an adaptive behavior?

3. If a client has an IQ of 22, this absolutely qualifies them as having profound ID.

4. A considerable majority of those with ID have a mild level of ID.

5. Which of following might indicate that a person has ID?

6. Which of the following terms are appropriately interchangeable with the term “ID”?

7. Someone with a developmental delay will definitely have ID.

8. All intellectual disabilities are developmental disabilities, but not all developmental disabilities are associated with an intellectual disability.

9. There are many and diverse causes of ID. Sometimes it can be the result of various interacting factors.

10. Which of the following are classifications of ID?

11. People with intellectual disabilities have a higher prevalence of health problems than the general public, and their health needs are often unrecognized and unmet.

12. The most common health challenges associated with intellectual disability are:

13. Having an ID is associated with increased risk of mental illness, maltreatment, bullying, sexual assault, hospitalization, and sexually transmitted diseases.

14. Possible explanations for increase in likelihood of medical problems for those with ID include:

15. Challenging behavior can be defined as:

16. A person’s ability to communicate says nothing about the extent to which they experience the feelings that often cause us to communicate, such as feeling happy, excited, wanting something, sad, frustrated, bored, or in pain.

Robert lives in a group home with three other people with intellectual disability. In the evenings they usually watch TV together after dinner. The program they watch is chosen based on a majority consensus. Sometimes, Robert would make persistent, intrusive loud noises while watching TV with the others, who would leave the room. This left Robert free to choose his preferred program. Before long, Robert would make persistent loud noises whenever the group sat down to watch TV in anticipation of being left on his own to choose the program.

17a. In the above example, communicative behavior is:

17b. In the above example, instrumental behavior is:

18. Our approach and attitudes to people with an intellectual disability, both as a society and as individuals, rely on various assumptions and theories of disability. Historically, disability has been viewed as a problem located within the person with the disability.

19. As we moved from medical model to the social model and towards universalism, and people with an intellectual disability moved out of institutions to live in the community, the responsibility for meeting the needs of people with an intellectual disability was delegated to two separate agencies – health and disability. With this separation there was a significant loss of expertise in intellectual disability mental health, and the distribution of responsibilities between departments became ambiguous.

20. As we move to understand disability as a political and social construct, and a reflection of human diversity, it is clear that the reduced health status of people with intellectual disability is a human rights issue. Removing the barriers to optimal health and wellbeing for people with intellectual disability is therefore a social obligation.