Failure to function adequately

• Failure to function adequately

  • Occurs when someone is unable to cope with ordinary demands of day to day living
  • Maladaptive: not adjusting adequately or appropriately to the environment or situation
  • Warning signs: not conforming to interpersonal norms, experiencing severe distress, irrational, dangerous behaviour to oneself or others
• IDD would not be diagnosed solely based on someone's IQ scores, to be diagnosed as IDD, someone must also fail to function adequately
• Discrimination and social control

  A limitation is that it may misclassify alternative lifestyles as abnormal, potentially restricting the freedom of those without mental disorders. Eg, not having a permanent address because of travelling.
• Failure to function can be normal

  Failure to function can be normal after trauma. It's unfair to expect full functionality in such cases; people may need specific treatment without being labeled dysfunctional.