Keys to Future in the Care and Support for People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. What Tell us Science?

Abstract

This article describes the contributions of a round table whose main purpose was to respond, by three experts, a series of topics, with the look anytime in the next ten years, such as: the evolution of the concepts of intelligence and adaptive behavior; the diagnostic evaluation of disability; the quality of life as a source of information to evaluate the policies, as well as the practices of the services; the conditions that must have a service to make it really a service focused on the person; services based in the community; the needs of supporting families; the role of the parents; either the own participation of persons with disabilities in the development of services. The discussion was organized on the basis of three large blocks of content: diagnostic elements, constructs in the field of intellectual disabilities, and provision of support. This article ends with a Decalogue of conclusions based on the arguments of the parties.

Keywords

• personas con discapacidad intelectual
• inteligencia
• conducta adaptativa
• calidad de vida
• evaluación diagnóstica
• autodeterminación
• inclusión social
• servicios centrados en la persona
• familias
• formación de profesionales