by ProudAutie » Fri Dec 08, 2017 10:20 pm
i have mild intellectual disability [irritatingly it states 'mental retardation' in my records] and i really hate the name 'retardation' as a description for my disability,we are not 'mentally slow'-lots of my relatives/friends with intellectual disability are intellectually disabled to varying degrees and they all have fast thoughts,its information processing and how we use information thats the problem,my uncle who has profound intellectual disability has the fastest sense of humour ive ever known.
i refer to intellectual disability as being like a single computer processor and people without our disability have a quad core processor,neither are bad as such but a quad core processor can learn more and process more.
i personally think this board should be changed to 'intellectual disability' to keep up with how people with the condition feel as well as the DSM.
main dx; moderate & lf classic autism,mild intellectual disability,severe epilepsy,spinal nerve damage.
MH dx; bipolar,[paranoid] pyschosis NOS,panic disorder,extreme anxiety.
behavior/MH meds: abilify,haloperidol,diazepam,carbemazepine,sertraline.