Carolina Institute for Developmental Disabilities, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7255, USA.
Intellect Dev Disabil. 2013 Apr;51(2):117-21. doi: 10.1352/1934-9556-51.2.117.
Definitions and associated descriptions of the condition now commonly known as intellectual disability serve many functions. The Atkins v. Virginia U.S. Supreme Court decision (2002) has called attention to the importance of clear, objective, and measureable wording of the definition. This article discusses the potential for misunderstanding and misinterpretation of such words as ability and cognitive, the importance of clarifying the role of measurement error and sociocultural factors, and the noncausal relationship between impairment in intelligence and adaptive behavior.
现在通常被称为智力障碍的疾病的定义和相关描述有多种功能。阿特金斯诉弗吉尼亚州美国最高法院的判决（2002 年）引起了人们对定义的清晰、客观和可衡量措辞的重视。本文讨论了能力和认知等词可能被误解和曲解的可能性，澄清测量误差和社会文化因素的作用的重要性，以及智力和适应行为障碍之间的非因果关系。
