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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote] but the term "intellectual disabilities" is equally accurate and appropriate, and many self advocates with disabilities prefer it. I don't see a downside to using the more current term.[/quote]

The only downside that I can see is in a situation where a more specific explanation of the person's condition is necessary.  My son has intellectual disabilities that make performing certain types of academic tasks very difficult for him.  However, he does not suffer from mental retardation and has a slightly above-average IQ overall.  If such a distinction were important in context, I do think it would be preferable to use the more specific term.  Otherwise, I don't think it matters.[/quote]

Have you actually been told by a medical professional that your child has an "intellectual disability"?  Because the pretty standard definition of ID includes having an IQ under 70, or sometimes 75 combined with deficits in adaptive skills.

Rosa's Law, which Obama signed in 2010 replaces the term "mental retardation" with the term "intellectual disabilities"  in several places in federal law and specifically says that previous definitions of "mentally retardation" will apply to "intellectual disabilities".  [/quote]

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