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Can a teenager with Intellectual Disability learn to live independently?
Yes — many teenagers with Intellectual Disability can learn to live independently or semi-independently. Independence is a spectrum and is taught through structured daily-living, money, travel, communication and work-readiness skills. Start life-skills planning by early adolescence and let the plan grow each year.
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Preparing a teenager with intellectual disability for adulthood means building daily-living skills, self-advocacy, work readiness and social connection in small, person-centred steps starting around ages 13–14, supported by school transition plans, therapists and a clear adaptive-skills baseline.
Read the answer AnswerCareer and job options for adults with Intellectual Disability
Adults with intellectual disability work across supported, customised and open employment — retail, hospitality, horticulture, assembly, data entry and family-run enterprise. Jobs are matched to strengths and built on adaptive, communication and daily-living skills developed early. The path depends on supports, not on the diagnosis alone.
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