clinical features
Last reviewed 01/2021
People with mental retardation have uniformly low performance on all kinds of intellectual tasks such as learning, short-term memory and problem-solving.
There may be particular difficulties related to specific abnormalities, for example inability to dress as a manifestation of lack of visuospatial skills.
A retarded child will show the usual behavioural problems of childhood but these will occur at a later age and will last longer. As the child grows older there may be slight degree of catching up in performance on IQ tests.
clinical features of mild mental retardation
clinical features of moderate mental retardation