Question

During the learning process, if a child still cannot understand or learn after instruction, it may lead to suspicion of intellectual disability. What common symptoms are usually present in the early stages of intellectual disability?

Answer

Intellectual disability patients may exhibit the following symptoms in the early stages:

  1. Activity function impairment: Children may show difficulties in motor skills, with uncoordinated movements.
  2. Significant delays in actions, language, and behavior compared to same-age children: Intellectually disabled children may have noticeable delays in motor development, language expression, and behavior compared to their peers.
  3. Inability to focus eyes intentionally, poor concentration, and a short attention span: Children may struggle to focus on specific objects, with hollow eyes indicating difficulty maintaining attention.
  4. Poor response ability to surrounding stimuli, and emotions that are not easily influenced by the external environment: Intellectually disabled children may have difficulties in responding to their surroundings…