What causes disabilities happen because the brain gets injured or a problem prevents the brain from developing normally. These problems can happen while the baby is growing inside his or her mom, during the baby's birth, or after the baby is born. Many times , though, doctors dont know the cause.

Here are some problems that can cause intellectual disabilities:

The mom gets certain infections or sicknesses while pregnant.

The mom takes certain medicines, illegal drugs, or drinks alcohol while pregnant.

There is a problem with the baby's genes, which are in every cell and determine how the boy will develop.(genes are inherited from both parents, so a baby might receive that are abnormal or the genes might change while the baby is developing).

Duing childbirth, the baby doesn't get enough oxygen.

After being born, the baby gets a serious infection.

Any time in life , a serious head injury can hurt the brain and cause intellectual disabilities.

Some of these disabilities are temperoary and others can be permanent(Thats why it's important

to wear your bike helmet and always wear a seatbelt in the cart)

Doctors figure out that someone has an intellectual disability by testing how well the person thinks

and solves the problems. If a problem is spotted, doctors and others professionals can work with the family to decide what type of help is needed.