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4. Physical disabilities, no matter how extensive, do not equal or
necessarily indicate incapacity.
5. Characteristics associated with specific syndromes cannot
be presumed to be evidence of incapacity; for example, in
Down’s Syndrome, an extensive range of intellectual ability is
encountered.
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6. Institutionalisation is not an indicator of incapacity.
7. An intellectual disability is a fact of life for the person, part of who
the person is. It typically dates from birth and it is not something
that is only happening now to the person. The extent to which it
has become a disabling condition depends to a significant extent
on factors external to the person; for example, the presence,
absence or variability of opportunities for early developmental
nurturing and support, education (social or academic), family or
community acceptance and emotional support.
8. Decision-making skills may be under-developed as a
consequence of the limiting experience of restrictive
environments; for example, institutional and other controlled,
congregate settings, family over-protectiveness, or other
externally imposed barriers to growth and development including
negative expectation of progress (self-fulfilling prophecies) on
the part of professional advisors.
9. Inappropriate use of traditional assessment procedures (such
as IQ and related instruments) has typically led to exclusion
from, rather than access to supports for the individual. (Such
instruments do not predict adequacy of functioning ability to
make reasoned decisions about personal care.)
10. People are not necessarily conscious of their own biases and
prejudice towards individuals with disabilities. Assumptions that
people with intellectual disabilities should not have homes of
their own and should live in large group settings, that they are