Patsy has intellectual developmental disorder. She has minimal capacity for functioning in sensorimotor areas and needs nursing care. She shows basic emotional responses and responds to skills training in the use of her legs, hands, and jaw. She walks and has primitive speech capabilities. She is incapable of self-maintenance and has an IQ of 14. The severity of her intellectual developmental disorder is best described as ______.
A) mild
B) moderate
C) severe
D) profound

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Patsy's condition is best described as profound intellectual developmental disorder, indicated by her minimal functioning in sensorimotor areas, need for nursing care, basic emotional responses, limited skills training response, primitive speech capabilities, inability for self-maintenance, and an IQ of 14.

Patsy Has Intellectual Developmental Disorder