Case Lab · Type B · Transfer

F78

Hard to assess, or hard to know?

A report on Noor, 12, describes developmental delay and adaptive difficulty consistent with an intellectual disability, but states only that “a full assessment has not yet been completed due to a scheduling delay at the clinic.” No sensory, physical, or behavioural factor complicating assessment is mentioned anywhere in the report. A trainee, seeing that grading was not possible, classifies the case as F78.