Diversity: Similarities And Differences

Diversity: Similarities and Differences: For those individuals with an intellectual disability, there needs to be a mutual respect and understanding. Each ID individual is a unique individual, with characters different from the other. We as the “normal” ones would not want to be placed in a category as being all the same, nor should we do it to these individuals. There should never be a separation of a people, and shame on us when we all let it happen. We should recognize their individuality and uniqueness. ID’s represent a multitude of dimensions of race, ethnicity, gender, age, and sexual orientation. It should be conceived that we need to have a tolerance, and an understanding of the diversity that this group of individuals bring. One way a person with an intellectual disability has been described, is by the American
Association of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD, 2016), which stated, a disability is characterized by significant limitations in both intellectual functioning and adaptive behavior. During the developmental stages of an individual’s life, is generally when the first signs of this disability appear, which is before the age of 18. Intellectual Disabilities affects some 2-3% of the general population.
Since there is no empirical evidence to support putting in a causal interpretation between the two. Let it be noted that a recent error in the DSM-5, suggested that that there was in fact a relationship between the two. This suggestion has since been unsupported by either science or a clinical practice, and would incorrectly add a fourth diagnostic element to the definition of the ID, that would no doubt be impossible to establish clinically, (Schalock & Luckasson, 2014; Luckasson & Schalock,