Intellectual Disability: A Guide for Families and Professionals

I am only a couple of chapters in, and already recommending this book to everyone I meet with a child or family member diagnosed with intellectual disability!! I have been searching for months but wasn't able to find the resources, education and support I longed for, until I found this book! Thank you Dr. Harris for helping me understand what ID is, for giving me the knowledge I need in terms I can understand, and pointing me to resources I was not aware of! Your life-long work and commitment to our children who are ID is empowering and equipping me to be the best advocate and life-coach for my 10-year old daughter who was recently diagnosed as ID mild!! HIGHLY RECOMMEND!

Wordy, and I did a little skimming, but it was an excellent read for a newly received diagnosis for our daughter.

Doesn’t really explain much.

Very concise and timely!!!

I'm not done reading but so far this is the best purchase ever!!

Thanks much!

This is not a bad book, but it falls short of being a good book due to some lapses into ambiguity that I imagine are due to deficiencies in the editing process. I am sure that James Harris knows what he means, it is just a pity that it doesn't always come across with the degree of clarity that one would expect."Intellectual Disability" is heterogeneous 'diagnosis' that delimits an enormously diverse area of theory and practice, and no short book (such as this) can do the field justice. So, this really isn't a book for professionals working in the area; it is more a book for the interested lay person. The level of coverage, detail and the references provided simply aren't adequate for a professional level text.Nonetheless, any person who cares for a someone who accesses specialist disability services would be well advised to arm themselves with this text, and if you aren't getting the services described within they should demand that they do.