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Intellectual Disability

An Inability to Cope with an Intellectually Demanding World

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  • © 2013

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Authors:
  1. Simon Whitaker

    1. University of Huddersfield, UK
      South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, UK

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. History and Definitions

    • Simon Whitaker
    Pages 1-19

  3. The Concept of Intelligence

    • Simon Whitaker
    Pages 20-43

  4. Measuring Intelligence

    • Simon Whitaker
    Pages 44-69

  5. The Concept and Measurement of Adaptive Behaviour

    • Simon Whitaker
    Pages 70-89

  6. Acquiring a Diagnosis and the Prevalence of Intellectual Disability

    • Simon Whitaker
    Pages 90-106

  7. Causes of Intellectual Disability

    • Simon Whitaker
    Pages 107-121

  8. Problems with the Current Definition

    • Simon Whitaker
    Pages 122-141

  9. Intellectual Disability Reconceptualised and Redefined

    • Simon Whitaker
    Pages 142-169

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 170-191
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The current construct of intellectual disability is based on the assumption that both IQ and adaptive behaviour can be measured accurately. Intellectual Disability explains how and why this is not fit for purpose and that it is actually neither necessary nor reasonable to have a single construct of intellectual disability.

Authors and Affiliations

  • University of Huddersfield, UK

    Simon Whitaker

  • South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, UK

    Simon Whitaker

About the author

Simon Whitaker is Senior Visiting Research Fellow at the University of Huddersfield, UK, and Consultant Clinical Psychologist in Learning Disabilities in Huddersfield. His research interests include the reduction of challenging behaviour in people with learning disability, in particular anger and aggression, the measurement of IQ in people with learning disabilities, and the nature, definition and naming of learning disability.

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