Modern research and treatment programs have revealed the importance of early intervention in improving outcomes for children experiencing BIF.
Abstract. Borderline intellectual functioning (BIF), that is to say, tested IQ levels in the range of 70–84/85, is prevalent, affecting about 12%–14% of the population depending on the exact level for “diagnostic” cutoff.
Disability claimants with borderline intellectual functioning (IQs between 71 and 84) can qualify for disability benefits and SSI. This is especially so if they have other impairments.
Borderline intellectual functioning (BIF) is characterized by heterogeneous cognitive difficulties, with an intelligence quotient (IQ) between 70 and 85 points, and a failure to meet the developmental and sociocultural standards for personal independence and social responsibility required in daily life.
The term borderline intellectual functioning describes a group of people who function on the border between normal intellectual functioning and intellectual disability, between 1 and 2 standard deviations below the mean on the normal curve of the distribution of intelligence, roughly an IQ between 70 and 85.
Signs of Borderline Intellectual Functioning
Difficulty managing emotions and aggression, with moods swings and low frustration tolerance. Naiveté, gullibility, or poor common sense. Social inappropriateness. Poor ability to concentrate and slow response time.
Learn About Borderline Personality Disorder
Many individuals with BPD are highly intelligent and are aware that their reactions may seem strong. These individuals often report feeling that emotions control their lives or even that they feel things more intensely than other people.
Mild intellectual disability
The measured IQ for persons with mild ID is between 50–55 and 70 (based on population mean of 100; 1 standard deviation of 15, and margin of measurement error of ±5) (8,10,13-16).
Intellectual disability is thought to affect about 1% of the population. Of those affected, 85% have mild intellectual disability. This means they are just a little slower than average to learn new information or skills. With the right support, most will be able to live independently as adults.
The terms mild, moderate, severe and profound may be used to describe the severity of a person's intellectual disability.
Borderline intellectual functioning, also called borderline mental retardation (in the ICD-8), is a categorization of intelligence wherein a person has below average cognitive ability (generally an IQ of 70–85), but the deficit is not as severe as intellectual disability (below 70).
Some of the symptoms of mild intellectual disability include: taking longer to learn to talk, but communicating well once they know how. being fully independent in self-care when they get older. having problems with reading and writing.
be unable to complete an IQ test independently; have an IQ score below 60; have an IQ score of 60 through 70 and another physical or mental impairment that limits the ability to work; or.
People with BPD score low on cognitive empathy but high on emotional empathy. This suggests that they do not easily understand other peoples' perspectives, but their own emotions are very sensitive. This is important because it could align BPD with other neurodiverse conditions.
This clinical study of 23 borderline outpatients and 38 outpatients with other personality disorders provides evidence that individuals who become borderline frequently have a special talent or gift, namely a potential to be unusually perceptive about the feelings of others.
Bold – Impulsivity is a BPD trait that can be positively linked to being bold, courageous and having the ability to speak one's mind. Creative – The high intensity of emotions can be released into creative endeavours. Many people with BPD put their entire emotional expression into music, art, performance and writing.
Similar to Einstein, theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking had an estimated IQ of 160, yet it is unknown if he ever took an IQ test, according to enhancingbrain.com. According to Healthline, about 68% of people have an IQ between 85 and 115.
Abilities change, but IQ scores tend to be very stable. However the intelligence ability is changing during the life, the IQ (intelligence quotient) does not. This measure is defined to have mean of 100 in each age group. So the average IQ e.g. in the age 5 is 100, and the same in the age 50.
On average, adults with any type of developmental disability die 23.5 years before those without a developmental disability.
standard deviations below the population p p mean, which generally translates into performance in the lowest 3% of a person's age and cultural group, or an IQ of 70 or below.