INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY AND COMMUNICATION DISORDERS

Running head: INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY AND COMMUNICATION DISORDERS
 Neurocognitive disorders are characterized in children by a clinically significant
deviation in normal cognitive development, some of the children get neurological
disorders through their genes by parents or could be through gene mutations
and this affects the development of the brain and the nervous system of the child.
o Discuss intellectual disability and communication disorders in children
and adolescents.
o Define how you would progress with a comprehensive assessment of a
child suspected of having any of this disorder.

Intellectual Disability and Communication Disorders

Intellectual disability refers to problems with a wide range of mental abilities which hinder the performance of two categories first, the intellectual process such as learning, judgment and problem-solving (Bryd 2020). The other is adaptive functioning of the everyday life like social interaction and living independently. A person with a communication disorder has difficulty in the ability to gather and transmit, understand and understand concepts or nonverbal, spoken, and graphical symbology (Hegde and Pomaville in 2021). A communication problem can be seen in the hearing function, language or speech. Communication can be difficult for children with the disorder of communication. They might not be able to talk or comprehend. In addition, they may struggle with sentence structure or the choice of words or even word formation (Hegde and Pomaville in 2021). Children with communication disorders might struggle with communicating with others in school or at home, leading to low self-esteem, ineffective academic and social activities as well as a high dropout rate (Egger 2021). As they age they may struggle with academics significantly. Children with serious or intellectual disabilities might develop other health issues.