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'''Adaptive functioning''' is a term referring to capable humans are at managing needs by their environments and how independent they are of others.<ref>{{cite web|title=Adaptive Functioning Definition|url=https://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http://www.communitylivingbc.ca/what_we_do/documents/FactsaboutAssessment.pdf|publisher=Community Living British Columbia}}</ref> <ref>{{cite web|title=FAQ|url=http://www.hrc.state.ms.us/faq.htm#What does adaptive functioning mean|publisher=Hudspeth Regional Center}}</ref> Verbally expressing ones thoughts, enterprising other's observations and dealing with written material are all uses of adaptive functioning. Adaptive functioning also involves the skills demanded for life on a daily basis, beit arriving on time, hygiene, or health, within the limitations of age.<ref name="adv psy">{{cite web|title=Adaptive functioning skills necessary to navigate our environments|url=http://www.advancedpsy.com/adaptive_functioning-page-28.html|publisher=Advanced Psychological Assessment, P.C.|accessdate=10 August 2012}}</ref>

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'''Adaptive functioning''' is a term that refers to the [[skillset|Creative Skillset]] necessary for humans to effectively manage needs by ones environment.{{primary source-inline|date=August 2012}}<ref name="adv psy">{{cite web|title=Adaptive functioning skills necessary to navigate our environments|url=http://www.advancedpsy.com/adaptive_functioning-page-28.html|publisher=Advanced Psychological Assessment, P.C.|accessdate=10 August 2012}}{{rs|date=August 2012}}</ref> Verbally expressing ones thoughts, enterprising other's observations and dealing with written material are all uses of adaptive functioning. Adaptive functioning also involves the skills demanded for life on a daily basis, beit arriving on time, hygiene, or health, within the limitations of age.

[[Social skills]] also facter in, with such abilities like relating to others, how wehumans adapt and perform within ourtheir community, and ourtheir personal [[interest (emotion)|interests]].<ref name="adv psy" />

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