“To meet diagnostic criteria for intellectual disability, the deficits in adaptive functioning must be directly related to the intellectual impairments described in Criterion A.” On SeptemAAIDD proposed that the following sentence be deleted from the DSM-5’s diagnostic criteria for ID:
The AAIDD manual has been revised as the science and understanding of the condition has evolved over time its approach and evolving understanding of the condition have been shared by other major diagnostic systems, including the DSM and ICD. Since its inception, AAIDD has produced guidelines naming, defining, and diagnosing the condition known today as “intellectual disability.” In 1910, AAIDD published the first scholarly international terminology and classification system for ID (today the AAIDD manual is in its 11 th edition). The American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD) today submitted comments to the American Psychiatric Association (APA) strongly opposing a proposed change to the DSM-5 concerning the diagnostic criteria for intellectual disability (ID, also listed as intellectual developmental disorder in the DSM-5).ĪAIDD is the oldest inter-disciplinary professional society with a focus on intellectual disability in the world.