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| DEFINITION: | A significantly reduced rate of intellectual functioning existing concurrently with deficits in adaptive behavior and academic achievement that adversely affects a child's educational performance. The student's cognitive ability and adaptive behavior are not primarily caused by visual or auditory deficits, motor deficits, emotional disability, learning disability, or environmental, cultural, or economic disadvantage. |
| HELPFUL LINKS |
ARC--http://www.thearc.org American Association of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities http://www.aamr.org/ For Kids--http://kidshealth.org/kid/health_problems/birth_defect/mental_retardation.html |
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