The children with intellectual impairment had significantly lower ratings on skills
such as community use, functional academics, health and safety, self-care and social
skills, in comparison with children from the other two groups. The school living and
leisure-time skills ratings for children with intellectual impairment were significantly
lower than for children with language impairment, but the specific learning disabilities
group did not differ from the other two groups. Communication and self-direction skill
ratings for children with intellectual impairment did not differ from those of children
with specific learning disabilities, but both groups had significantly lower ratings than
the children with language impairment.