Geistige Behinderung und ihre Förderungsmöglichkeiten

Academic work from 2006 in the field of social education / social work, grade: 1.7, Evangelical University of Applied Sciences Rhineland Westphalia-Lippe, Language: German, Abstract: The definition of mental disability is determined by medical, psychological, sociological and pedagogical criteria and is rather different. In the past, the terms "nonsense", "idiocy" and "feeblemindedness" or "mental retardation" were used for people with an intellectual disability and not with negative intention. Only with time were these words abused and used to devalue them. [...] Medically and psychologically oriented definitions speak of a reduction or lowering of the maximum attainable intelligence. The WHO distinguishes between mild, moderate and severe mental retardation and by the International Classification.