What is cognitive disability mean?

Answer 1

Cognitive disability is also called developmental disability in which to describe severe, life-long disabilities attributable to mental and/or physical impairments, manifested before the age of 22. The term is used most commonly in the United States to refer to disabilities affecting daily functioning in three or more of the following areas:

capacity for independent living
economic self-sufficiency
learning
mobility
receptive and expressive language
self-care
self-direction
Usually people with mental retardation, cerebral palsy, autism spectrum disorder, various genetic and chromosomal disorders such as Down syndrome and Fragile X syndrome, and fetal alcohol syndrome are described as having developmental disabilities. This use of the term is synonymous with the use of the term learning disability in the United Kingdom and intellectual disability in Australia, Europe, Canada and elsewhere.

Answer 2

A person with cognitive disability will have some difficulties with some activities of daily living and with learning. There is quite a range within the definition of cognitive disability. Some individuals would be able to live independently and support themselves with minimal assistance, while others would need constant care and supervision.

A complete description of the strengths and needs of a given individual is much more enlightening that use of the generic term "cognitive disability". Terms that are sometimes interchanged for cognitive disability include "mental retardation" and "cognitive delay".

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Answer 3

Cognition means awareness. And a disability means something that you have difficulty doing or can't do.

So a cognitive disability is an area of mental ability which poses special problems for some people.

For instance, a person with dyslexia scrambles the letters of words in their mind, and it makes reading difficult for them, as they have to learn to find ways to unscramble the letters so that they can read. Their writing is spidery and jerky and difficult to read, so computers can help them around that part of the disability.

Depending on the disability a person can still do very well in life. I know people with disabilities of this nature who have gone on to get Ph.D's.

Answer 4

A cognitive disability refers to those people who hear instructions and then immediately forget the instructions. These people need to write instructions down. Also, be sure you have the entire attention of the cognitive disabled when you give instructions. Be patient. They can be highly intelligent, extremely creative and truly lovable!

Answer 5

a person with a cognitive disability has greater difficulty with one or more types of mental tasks than the average person.The connection between a person's biology and mental processes is most obvious in the case of traumatic brain injury and genetic disorders, but even the more subtle cognitive disabilities often have a basis in the structure or chemistry of the brain

Answer 6

Cognition refers to how you think. A cognitive disability means someone who has an impaired or slow thinking ability. It could happen for a number of medical reasons, including genetic, lack of oxygen, stroke, drug or alcohol abuse. There may be a number of therapies depending upon the cause.

Answer 7

Cognitive Disability
Cognitive disability means significantly subaverage intellectual functioning that exists concurrently with deficits in adaptive behavior and that adversely affects educational performance.
The IEP team may identify a child as having a cognitive disability if the child meets the criteria under subd. 1.a. or b., 2. and 3.a. or b. as follows:
a. The child has a standard score of 2 or more standard deviations below. the mean on at least one individually administered intelligence test developed to assess intellectual functioning.
b. The child has a standard score between 1 and 2 standard deviations below the mean on at least one individually administered intelligence test, the child has been documented as having a cognitive disability in the past, and the child's condition is expected to last indefinitely.

The child has deficits in adaptive behavior as demonstrated by a standard score of 2 or more standard deviations below the mean on standardized or nationally-normed measures, as measured by comprehensive, individual assessments that include interviews of the parents, tests, and observations of the child in adaptive behavior which are relevant to the child's age, such as:
Communication
Self-care.
Home living skills.
Social skills.
Appropriate use of resources in the community.
Self-direction.
Health and safety.
Applying academic skills in life.
Leisure.
Work.
a. The child is age 3 through 5 and has a standard score of 2 or more standard deviations below the mean on standardized or nationally-normed measures, as measured by comprehensive, individual assessments, in at least 2 of the following areas: academic readiness, comprehension of language or communication, or motor skills.
b. The child is age 6 through 21 and has a standard score of 2 or more standard deviations below the mean on standardized or nationally-normed measures, as measured by comprehensive, individual assessments, in general information and at least 2 of the following areas: written language, reading, or mathematics.


NOTE: Cognitive disabilities typically manifest before age 18. An etiology should be determined when possible, so that the IEP team can use this information for program planning.

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http://w3.gsa.gov/web/m/OLD_cita.nsf/Lists/Cognitive

Answer 8

Cognitive means to think or to reason. So if a person cannot make decisions, or is a danger to himself because he cannot reason, then he would have a mental disability or handicap

Answer 9

A disibility involving the thinking process. I t could be retardation, receptive or expressive language disability due to neurological variations; borderline intellectual functioning or other impediments involved with cognition. It could be congenital or the result of a traumatic brain injury.

Answer 10

It means you're not too smart.

Cognition is the mental process of knowing through awareness, perception, reasoning, and judgment. If you have a cognitive disablilty, you may have difficulty making reasonable judgements either academically or in everyday life.