Does anybody know of anyone ever diagnosed with mental retardation over the age of 18 ? ?

Question

does anyone believe there are any persons in the world who dont know they are mentally retarded as adults ?

Answer 1

yeah my friends olders brothers girlfriend didnt no but i thuink if ur iq is below 70 then ur mentally retarcded

Answer 2

Depends what you qualify as mental retardation. There are many people who don't know that they have disorders such as ADHD, reading disabilities, mild autism/aspergers syndrome, paranoia, xenophilia, etc. I think most people have SOME disorder nowadays that everything is being classified like this I mean, ADD was never a problem until very recently. You used to just discipline kids who didn't pay attention, now they need prescription drugs and therapy. Just about any flaw with a person has a scientific name, so yes, I think there are millions of people who have undiagnosed mental problems, delays, disabilities, etc. Severe mental retardation I believe is usually noticed early, but in different cultures and subsets of society they may not be noticed, or the family may not think of a delay as an issue. People who are too poor to afford medical care may not realize that a child has a disability and never be able to seek treatment for it.