The social dimension of the contemporary concept of intellectual disability

The present article undertakes an attempt to present the contemporary concept of intellectual disability in the context of the social model of disability. Attention was focused on the definition of intellectual disability, its assumptions and the basic dimensions of the functioning of people with intellectual disability. In addition, it was attempted to assess their compatibility with the postulates included in the social model of disability. As a result of the analysis, it was established that placing a stronger emphasis in the concept of intellectual disability on the interrelations between how it is perceived and who a person with intellectual disability becomes would promote stressing the role of the social environment in their development, in addition to encouraging the support and strengthening the tendency to perceive intellectual disability in the socio-educational dimension.