Study Shows Academic Enrichment Program Boosts IQ In Adults With Intellectual Disability

Models, Logic Test. Lifshitz’s first-of-its-kind Empowerment Project is a study that examines whether academic enrichment can improve the IQ of adults with mild intellectual disability (ID).BSIP/UIG VIA GETTY IMAGES

If you have ever gone on the Internet, you have likely, at least once, stumbled on an article offering tools on how to improve your IQ —learn a new language or instrument, or play chess.

But what about those struggling with intellectual disability — an umbrella term for those who have an IQ of 75 or lower?