ABSTRACT
This is a book about people—children, youth, and adults who have difficulty in coping with activities of daily life because of impaired general intelligence. The extent of their difficulty is primarily related to the degree of intellectual impairment, although it also is much affected by both society's general attitude toward individuals with limited intelligence and the services provided to them. For those with mild intellectual impairment, the impact is greatest in the scholastic, vocational, and social domains. At levels of moderate, severe, and profound intellectual impairment, virtually every aspect of living is affected, the paramount consequence being to render the person incapable of assuming the degree of independence and personal responsibility expected for someone of his or her age.
