A patient with intellectual disability (ID) in a medical consultation

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• According to the ICD-10 classification of diseases provided by the WHO, mental retardation (F70–F79), or intellectual disability (ID), is a condition of arrested or incomplete development of the mind diagnosed during the person’s developmental years. The diagnosis warrants an assessment of the person’s intellectual skills and social adaptation before the age of 18. The need for support may vary from total care to occasional help.
• Additional problems are common: neuropsychiatric symptoms (difficulties of attention, executive functions, memory, motor functions, perception), speech and language disturbances, special problems with hearing and sight, cerebral palsy, epilepsy, disturbances of mental health and behaviour, autism spectrum disorder.
• Also check local guidance concerning how medical care is organized for people with ID.

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