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What are the minimum criteria needed for someone to be diagnosed with MR?
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*present from childhood
*IQ below 70-75 *Significant limitations in two or more adaptive areas (communication, self-care, home living, social/interpersonal skills, leisure, health and safety, self-direction, functional academics, use of community resources, and work) |
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When does the brain damage resulting in MR occur?
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before the age of 18
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About how many things are believed to cause MR?
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hundreds
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Down syndrome is one cause of MR. What is the other (chromosomal) name for Down syndrome
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Trisomy 21
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What did down syndrome used to be called, many years ago, before we understood what it was?
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Mongolism
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Prenatal factors contributing to MR
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Maternal infections (measles, cytomegalovirus, toxoplasmosis, syphilis, Herpes)
Contributors to low birth weight (smoking, lack of prenatal care, poor nutrition) Birth defects (spina bifida, hydrocephaly, cardiac abnormalities) |
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Peri-natal factors contributing to MR
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Hypoxia due to premature placental separation, umbilical cord wrapped around neck, meconium aspiration, impaired respiration due to prematurity
Mechanical injuries at birth resulting in brain damage |
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Post-natal factors contributing to MR
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Traumas such as near drowning or strangulation, child abuse, closed head injury
Infection such as encephalitis or meningitis Socio-economic factors (male, african-american child from large family where mother has not completed HS, older mother) |
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Genetic factors contributing to MR
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Single-Gene disorders (Tay-Sachs, PKU
Chromosomal abnormalities (Down, Fragile X) |
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What is the IQ of a person diagnosed with Mild MR?
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70
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What is the IQ of a person diagnosed with Moderate MR?
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50
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What is the IQ of a person diagnosed with Severe MR?
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35
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What is the IQ of a person diagnosed with Profound MR?
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20
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What things would a person diagnosed with mild MR be expected to be able to do?
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*ADL's:with reminders and guidance can do personal grooming, feeding, bathing and toileting
*Can prepare meals, perform routine household tasks *Can hold simple or semi-skilled job *Carries on simple conversation *can read signs, advertisements, sentences |
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What would a person with Moderate MR be expected to be able to do?
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*ADL - feeds bathes, dresses self, prepares simple foods with intermittent supervision
*Can perform simple routine household chores *Can learn laundry, shopping, using post office *Supported employment or Sheltered Workshop *Carries on simple conversations, *Can read signs, advertisements, sentences |
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What would a person with Severe MR be expected to be able to do?
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*ADL under total supervision
*May prepare simple foods, help with simple household talks under supervision *can engage in simple conversation, recognizes signs and selected words |
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What would a person with Profound MR be expected to be able to do?
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*Requires total supervision, dependent on others for personal care
*Minimal participation in occupation *very minimal language ability (usually many physical disabilities as well) |
