Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration: Redefining Intellectual Disability Technical Assistance Tool
In May 2016, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) released this technical assistance tool regarding the definition of intellectual disability. The redefinition of Intellectual Disability in the DSM-5 includes a change in diagnostic term (from Mental Retardation), but also shifts attention from the individual's IQ score to reports of the individual's adaptive and "real world" functioning . . .
