Intellectual disability also known as learning disability or mental retardation and is characterized by below-average intelligence or mental ability and a lack of skills necessary for day-to-day living. Individuals with intellectual disability’s brain may not function within the normal range of both intellectual and adaptive functioning. They are of characterized with symptoms like failure to meet intellectual (reading, vocabulary and speaking) and motor skill (sitting, crawling, or walking) milestones, learning difficulties, inability to lead a fully independent life due to challenges communicating, taking care of themselves, or interacting with others.
