Patient's question:
What are the symptoms of intellectual disability in children? Children are the hopes of a family, and their intellectual level directly affects their future life development. What are the symptoms of intellectual disability in children?Doctor's answer:
Symptoms of Intellectual Disability:1. Unable to see or hear. At 6 months, the child still does not notice when adults talk to them. Poor attention to people and objects around them, with vacant eyes. In addition to feeding difficulties, children with intellectual disabilities often experience nausea and vomiting when fed solid foods like rice or steamed buns at 6-8 months. They have poor chewing ability and frequently choke.
2. Never laughs. Normal children start laughing at 2 months and can laugh loudly by 4 months. However, children with intellectual disabilities rarely laugh or only engage in aimless, foolish giggling.
3. Delayed language development. After 1 year, the child still cannot make purposeful sounds and may sometimes shout aimlessly.