Definition of Intellectual Disability. Intellectual disability is a disability characterized by significant limitations in both intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior, which covers many everyday social and practical skills. This disability originates before the age of 18.
What is the difference between a Direct Subsidized and a Direct Unsubsidized Loan? The Federal Government pays the interest for Direct Subsidized Loans while the student is in college or while the loan is in deferment. Interest begins accruing for Direct Unsubsidized Loans as soon as the loan is taken out.
January 21, 2011. When the government pays the principle and/or interest on a federal loan, on behalf of the borrower, the government refers to this as a subsidy. The loan is a subsidized loan. The government does not make such payments for unsubsidized loans. The most common type of government subsidized loans are student loans, through the U.S. Department of Education and the William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan Program.