An intellectually disabled child in a family is usually a serious stress factor for the parent which often requires a reorientation and reevaluation of family goals, relationships, and responsibilities.
What is intellectual disability?
The ID has limitations in two areas. These areas are:
• Intellectual functioning: This refers to IQ, which means a person’s ability to learn, reason, make decisions, and solve problems.
• Adaptive behaviors: Refers to skills necessary for day-to-day life, such as being able to communicate effectively, interact with others, and take care of oneself.
What are the causes that develop an intellectual disability in your child?
Intellectual disabilities can have a variety of causes:
• Hereditary disorders such as phenylketonuria (PKU).
• Consumption of toxic substances like alcohol intake during pregnancy can lead to some intellectual disabilities in her child.
• Infections while the child is in the mother’s uterus.
• Problems during labor and birth that put stress on the baby.
• Complications after birth like injuries to the brain, can result in intellectual disability and/or loss of specific functions, such as memory or language abilities
• Unknown causes, having no specific identifiable source.
Things Parents can do if their child is suffering from Intellectual Disability:
• Look for sudden episodes of fits or indifferent behavior in your child.
• During his medication, a watch should be kept over them, you can opt for cameras in their room.
• Acknowledge them about sexual acts and behavior, to make them beware of sexual misconduct.
• Giving them spiritual teachings by acts or movies, help them to calm.
• Including them in your family outing and social events, will help them to be happy and connected.
• Regular health check-ups are essential for monitoring their condition.
• Doing slight physical exercises with them will encourage them to move towards a healthier life and enhance their quality of life by maximizing mobility and self-locomotion.
• They require a special educational setting with more individual attention and support, this is especially true for youngsters who also have behavior problems.
• Children with mild cognitive impairments (i.e., mild intellectual disabilities) can be sent into inclusion classrooms.
• Preparing children with intellectual disabilities for both lifelong vocational pursuits and as much independence as possible should be the major goal of their education.
• Indulge them in Leisure activities (e.g., knitting, playing games)Or Domestic activities (e.g., cooking, cleaning, laundry)., this will make them active physically.
• However, psychotherapy may be helpful for some people with mild ID, and who have a psychiatric disorder such as depression.
• Parents who are advocating for boarding schools for their children should understand that home-based treatment program for children and adolescents with mental disorders appears to be an effective and sustainable strategy for meeting their mental health needs.
• With proper support, people with intellectual disabilities are often able to live a high quality of life independently.
Homeopathic medicines for Intellectual Disability in children are:
• Calcarea carbonicum
• Hyoscyamus
• Belladonna
• Natrum Muraticum
• Stramonium
For more information, you can visit HealthyChildren and HealthyPlace.
