Intellectual disability: Family reactions and responses

Pages: 1463-1466
Hardeep Kaur (Department of Social Work, Punjabi University, Patiala)

Significant limitations in intellectual functioning and also in adaptive behavior consisting of many daily social and practical skills, fall under, the definition of intellectual disability .It normally starts off before the age of 18. Impact of which can be seen not only on the person concerned but also on the family as a whole too. There exists a body of literature that not only explores the abilities and identifies several perspectives emerging from experiences of families of persons with intellectual disability and but also throw light on obstructions faced by them at various stages of development . The author in this paper has reviewed the literature related to issues pertaining to reactions and responses of the families to the challenges that arise due to the birth and upbringing of the child with intellectual disability