title: Mild intellectual disability and ADHD; a comparative study of school age children's adaptive abilities.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To compare adaptive functioning in children with mild intellectual disability (MID) with that of children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
  
  
  METHODS
  Thirty-three children with MID were contrasted with 27 children with ADHD with regard to adaptive functioning as measured by the Adaptive Behaviour Assessment System (ABAS-II). The group with MID was population-based, and the group with ADHD was considered representative of a clinically referred group with that diagnosis. The two groups were subdivided into those ≤11 years and those ≥12 years.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The group with ADHD had lower adaptive functioning, but differences were not significant at total group levels. In children 12 years or older, the group with ADHD had significantly lower adaptive functioning.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Older children with ADHD had poorer adaptive functioning than those with MID, a finding which should be of interest to school and other authorities mapping out education and intervention plans for children with special needs.
authors.affiliation: Gillberg Neuropsychiatry Centre, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden. ida.lindblad@gnc.gu.se
authors.forename: Ida
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Lindblad
authors.forename: Leif
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Svensson
authors.forename: Magnus
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Landgren
authors.forename: Salmir
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nasic
authors.forename: Eva
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Tideman
authors.forename: Christopher
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gillberg
authors.forename: Elisabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Fernell
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D001289:Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / Q000523:psychology*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000523:psychology*; D008297:Male; D011581:Psychological Tests; D012574:Schools; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
keywords: ABAS-II; ADHD; Adaptive behaviour; Adaptive functioning; Mild intellectual disability