#mentalagetheory — Public Fediverse posts
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Worth reading: Mental Age Theory Hurts: Every adult has the right to grow up. -
By Ivanova Smith
"Have you ever heard the phrase, “That person has the mind of a five-year-old in an adult body?” We often hear the term “mental age of” when medical professionals or news media describe adults with intellectual and developmental #disabilities (#IDD). It is something very harmful that many adults with #intellectualdisabilities have to deal with." https://www.spectrumlife.org/blog/mental-age-theory-hurts-651 #MentalAgeTheory