Alternative Names Of Mental Retardation
Mental retardation is a condition diagnosed before age 18 that includes below average general intellectual function, and a lack of the skills necessary for daily living. Intellectual and developmental of disability. A family may suspect mental retardation if the child's motor skills, languages skills, and self-help skills do not seem to be developing or are developing at a f or slower rate that the child's peers. In the case of mild retardation, these failures may not become recognizable until school age or later.