Individuals with intellectual disability are affected negatively emotionally due to their failure experiences, negative learning experiences and inadequacies in their social skills. Such kind of emotional affection causes these individuals to experience intense emotions such as; intense failure expectation, shyness in taking responsibility for life, limited self-regulation skills, negative self-perception, low motivation, loneliness, fear, etc… Therefore, there are points to be considered regarding the emotional characteristics of individuals with intellectual disability. Some environmental conditions that affect the emotional characteristics of individuals with intellectual disability are as follows: negative feedback as a result of their failures, repeated experiences of failure and labeling, excessive manipulation of different positive or negative outcomes in their lives by other individuals, intense external control, not being given the opportunity to experience, excessive reinforcement or no reinforcement at all. In addition, it is possible to sum up the emotional characteristics of individuals with intellectual disability under the following headings: learned helplessness, self-concept, locus of control, taking responsibility for life and self-direction, incentive/motivation, external orientation, failure expectation, and personality traits. Revealing the emotional characteristics of individuals with intellectual disability and conducting studies on them play an important role in leading a normal life of these individuals.