<p>This is a descriptive study with the objective of analyzing aspects of the development of the practical skills of people with Intellectual Disability (DI). One hundred (100) caregivers and 100 (one hundred) people with ID, whose age ranged from 9 to 83 years, from a Philanthropic Institution of the city of Campina Grande, Paraíba, Brazil, participated in the research. For the data collection, questionnaires were filled out by the participants. The factorial analysis of the correspondence of the content of the answers to the questions was processed by the Tri-deux-Mots program. The results indicate that the participants with ID of more advanced schooling, in relation to the others with lower schooling, show more indicative of autonomy regarding the performance of activities of daily living and instrumental activities of daily living.</p>