A Person Who Is Diagnosed with Intellectual Disability Might Only

question 17

True/False

A person who is diagnosed with intellectual disability might only meet that criteria for a certain portion of his or her lifetime. It is possible to develop adequate intellectual or adaptive skills so that the criteria for the disorder are no longer met.

---

Definitions:

Free Market

An economic system where prices for goods and services are determined by the open market and consumers, with minimal government intervention.

Optimal Pigouvian Tax

A type of tax designed to correct the negative externalities of a market activity, set at a level that equates the marginal social cost of the externality with the marginal private cost.

Socially Optimal

A condition where resources are allocated in a way that benefits society as a whole, maximizing overall welfare.

Pollution

The introduction of contaminants into the natural environment that cause adverse change, affecting air, water, and land.