Multiple choice

Which of the following criteria can be used to define Intellectual disabilities?

  1. Significantly below average intellectual functioning

  2. Impairments in adaptive functioning generally

  3. These deficits should be manifest before the age of 18-years

  4. All of the above
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Explanation

Intellectual disability is defined by three criteria: significantly below-average intellectual functioning (IQ < 70), impairments in adaptive functioning across daily life domains, and onset before age 18. All three criteria must be present for diagnosis.

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