What are adaptive skills when referring to mental retardation?

What are adaptive skills when dealing with mental retardation? I know what mental retardation is however I don't know the "adaptive skills". Could someone please explain and define asap. Thanks.

An adaptive skill is when I use my perception to achieve the expected goal of what others want. I can play a piano. I can adaptively play the piano so it sounds like Chopin.
Its kinda hard to explain from my point of view.
Adaptive behavior is the collection of conceptual, social, and practical skills that people have learned so they can function in their everyday lives. Significant limitations in adaptive behavior impact a person's daily life and affect the ability to respond to a particular situation or to the environment.
It has to do with alotta junk that is Social and Societal Acceptance, So I can play the piano the way I like to hear it, or I can adjust to societies standards and play old boreing Ludwig Van Beethoven, Actually Ludwig is pretty good. But he misses a few Sharps in the 8th bar of the 2nd Movement Symphony 9.

Adaptive Skills are anything that deal with use of adaptive equipment or learning to adapt to an environment or surrounding.

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