DESCRIPTION:
Intellectual disability or Mental retardation is defined as significantly subaverage intellectual functioning (i.e., IQ no higher than approximately two standard deviations below the mean), which is accompanied by significant limitations in adaptive functioning in at least two of the following areas: communication, functional academic skills, health, home living, leisure, safety, self-care, self-direction, social/interpersonal skills, use of community resources, and work. Onset of these conditions must occur before age 18. The condition is further divided into four levels of retardation based on IQ, which include mild mental retardation (IQ between 50-55 and 70), moderate mental retardation (IQ between 35-40 and 50-55), severe mental retardation (IQ between 20-25 and 35-40), and profound mental retardation (IQ below 20 or 25). As many as 3 out of every 100 children in the country have intellectual disability / mental retardation.

AVAILABLE OPTIONS: 

• Early Interventions
• Developmental Therapy
• Occupational Therapy
• Special education
• Speech Therapy
• Behaviour Modification Therapy
• Medications

LIMITATIONS: There is no standard medication available for “Intellectual disability / Mental retardation”.
Children with ID are managed with multimodal treatments. Multimodal / Combination therapy is considered best for majority of children with ID / MR.

Sansvitha Advantage: There is no standard medication available for “Intellectual disability / Mental retardation”.
Children with ID are managed with multimodal treatments. Multimodal / Combination therapy is considered best for majority of children with ID / MR.