Is Down syndrome considered to be mental disability or menatl retardation?

Question

Is Down syndrome considered to be mental disability or menatl retardation?

Answer 1

they are synonyms.  a person with downs is mentally handicapped, to be pc.

Answer 2

The correct term they use in all schools and in testing and evaluating is "Mentally Impaired". Now they can add in anywhere from Severe to Mild.

Answer 3

In an educational setting, like a public school system, the diagnosis of Downs Syndrome usually correlates with the classification of mental retardation. When seeking S.S.I. Downs Syndrome/Mental Retardation satisfies disabilities standards, typically.

Hope this helps.

Others may have insight into billing for other purposes or categorization for other reasons.

Answer 4

Evaluate "mental disability" and you will have your answer.

Answer 5

It is actually a genetic disorder caused by the pesence of part or all of a 21st chromosome. It  causes a lot of different symptoms including a lower than average cognitive ability, often ranging from mild to moderate learning disabilities. How they are classified depends on what arena you are in. The educations system, insurnace companies, medical and psychiatric venues all have theri spin on how they classify this stuff, so it would depend on what angle you take on it. My experience with some of my patients has been thatt hey are amazing people with specific talents and abilities that far outshine their disabilities with learning and retardation. Some of them get what life is about a lot better than we "normal" folks.  I get a lot of great hugs and encouragement from my Down syndrom patients and a lot of them work and play insttruments and are in to drama and art. They have this amazing way of finding something to smile about. So, no matter the classification....my word for them is AMAZING!