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Adaptive Skills

The importance of adaptive skills, such as daily living, communication, and social skills, in the diagnosis of intellectual disability.

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What IQ is considered retarded

The clinical threshold historically tied to the derogatory word “retarded” has been an IQ roughly two standard deviations below the population mean—about an IQ of 70 (sometimes cited as 70–75)—but mod...