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<blockquote data-quote="--Eleanor--" data-source="post: 60748" data-attributes="member: 3620"><p>I think that, particularly when professionals are attempting to diagnose a child that is only 2 or 3 years old, it would be very premature to tell parents that the child is mentally retarded. Mental retardation diagnosis is, I believe, measured with the use of IQ tests, none of which can be used very reliably with that age group. Developmental delay, on the other hand, indicates that the child is behind peers in the types of things that a 2 or 3 year old should be doing. I think it is a very useful label, and not a euphemism at all, at least in that context.</p><p></p><p>My son was diagnosed with a "developmental delay"--quite accurately given what he could and couldn't do--at the age of 2 years and 4 months. But when his IQ could be tested accurately at age 6, it was normal to high-normal. Had we been told he was retarded when he was 2 years and 4 months old, who knows what kind of difficulties that misinformation could have caused?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="--Eleanor--, post: 60748, member: 3620"] I think that, particularly when professionals are attempting to diagnose a child that is only 2 or 3 years old, it would be very premature to tell parents that the child is mentally retarded. Mental retardation diagnosis is, I believe, measured with the use of IQ tests, none of which can be used very reliably with that age group. Developmental delay, on the other hand, indicates that the child is behind peers in the types of things that a 2 or 3 year old should be doing. I think it is a very useful label, and not a euphemism at all, at least in that context. My son was diagnosed with a "developmental delay"--quite accurately given what he could and couldn't do--at the age of 2 years and 4 months. But when his IQ could be tested accurately at age 6, it was normal to high-normal. Had we been told he was retarded when he was 2 years and 4 months old, who knows what kind of difficulties that misinformation could have caused? [/QUOTE]
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