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| Published: March 31, 2021

Pre-natal Influences of Intellectual Disabilities

Dr. Ashutosh Kumar Santosh

Associate Professor Clinical Psychology, Creation Foundation (Institute of Mental Health & Behavioral Studies), Patna, Bihar, India Google Scholar More about the auther

, Dr. Shivajee Kumar

Ex-Consultant and Assistant Professor (Disabilities), State Commissioner for PwDs (Bihar), India Google Scholar More about the auther

DIP: 18.01.167/20210901

DOI: 10.25215/0901.167

ABSTRACT

Intellectual disability (ID) is permanent and highly disabling conditions that adversely affect the normal well-being and mental health of the parents. Intellectual Disability is a one of the major disabilities under the Rights of the Persons with Disability Act (RPWD Act) 2016. It is a condition of arrested or incomplete development of mind. RPWD Act, 2016 defined intellectual disability in the terms of significant limitations in intellectual functioning and adaptive behavior and manifested during the developmental age, i.e. before the age of 18 years of life. Intellectual functioning includes limitations in reasoning, learning, problem-solving skills, cognition, etc. Intellectual Disabilities can be caused by many genetic factors, environmental and psycho-social factors among them prenatal influences up on the development of the child occupied the most supreme position. Therefore, this study aims to identify the influences of prenatal factors on the birth of children with intellectual disabilities.

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ISSN 2348-5396

ISSN 2349-3429

18.01.167/20210901

10.25215/0901.167

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Published in   Volume 09, Issue 1, January-March, 2021