The current emphasis on adaptive skills in defining intellectual disabilities is due to the
A)influence of the learning disabilities movement.
B)realization that students can be "streetwise" despite having low IQ test scores.
C)rise of the disability rights movement.
D)joint efforts of parents of children with intellectual disabilities.

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The current emphasis on adaptive skills in defining intellectual disabilities stems from the realization that individuals can possess practical, problem-solving abilities despite having low IQ scores. This paradigm shift in the understanding of intellectual disabilities is not due to the influence of the learning disabilities movement, rise of the disability rights movement, or joint efforts of parents of children with intellectual disabilities.

The Current Emphasis on Adaptive Skills in Defining Intellectual Disabilities