Is Cognitive A Disability? Cognitive disability (also known as intellectual disability) is a nebulous term describing a person who has greater difficulty with mental tasks than the average person. Cognitive disabilities are by far the most common type of disability. Most cognitive disabilities are rooted in biology or physiology. What qualifies as a cognitive disability?
What Are Examples Of Cognitive Disabilities? Communicating, learning and working are examples of major life activities. Some types of cognitive disabilities are aphasia, autism, attention deficit, dyslexia, dyscalculia, intellectual and memory loss. These types of cognitive disabilities are just the beginning, there are many more types of cognitive disabilities. What are examples of cognitive disorders?
What Are The Different Types Of Cognitive Disorders? Alzheimer’s disease. Behavioural variant frontotemporal dementia. Corticobasal degeneration. Huntington’s disease. Lewy body dementia (or dementia with Lewy bodies) Mild cognitive impairment. Primary progressive aphasia. Progressive supranuclear palsy. What are the four levels of cognitive impairment? No Cognitive Impairment (NCI) Subjective Cognitive Impairment (SCI) Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI)