Is intellectual disability just determined by an IQ test?
No, but the IQ test is a major tool in measuring intellectual functioning, that is, mental capacity for learning, reasoning, problem solving, and so on. A test score of around 70—or as high as 75—indicates a limitation in intellectual functioning. Other tests determine limitations in adaptive behavior, which covers three types of skills: • Conceptual skills—language and literacy; money, time, and number concepts; and self-direction • Social skills—interpersonal skills, social responsibility, self-esteem, gullibility, naïveté (i.e., wariness), social problem solving, and the ability to follow rules, obey laws, and avoid being victimized • Practical skills—activities of daily living (personal care), occupational skills, healthcare, travel/transportation, schedules/routines, safety, use of money, use of the telephone But evaluation and classification of individuals with intellectual disabilities is a much more complex issue. The major function of the American Association on Intellectual a
