intellectually disabled
adjective
: affected by intellectual disability
intellectually disabled children/adults
The academy students, ages 18 to 21, are intellectually disabled students who are at what's called a transition age and are preparing to be self-sustaining adults with the experience to land and hold down various kinds of jobs.—
Juan Siliezar
Juan Siliezar… lawmakers are poised to pass legislation that will put Florida on the cutting edge in education, savings and employment opportunities for the intellectually disabled.—William March
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Her brother, who lives in the Netherlands, is intellectually disabled, deaf and autistic.
—Jim Higgins, jsonline.com, 3 Sep. 2025
The question presented is whether and how courts should assess a claim by a defendant that he cannot be executed because he is intellectually disabled.
—Jenna Sundel, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Aug. 2025
Declared intellectually disabled by the state, Black could not be sentenced to death today due to a prohibition on executing those with intellectual disabilities after a 2002 Supreme Court ruling.
—Kelly Puente, Nashville Tennessean, 5 Aug. 2025
My intellectually disabled son David requires 24/7 support.
—Chicago Tribune, 29 July 2025
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Jim Higgins, jsonline.com, 3 Sep. 2025
The question presented is whether and how courts should assess a claim by a defendant that he cannot be executed because he is intellectually disabled.
—Jenna Sundel, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Aug. 2025
Declared intellectually disabled by the state, Black could not be sentenced to death today due to a prohibition on executing those with intellectual disabilities after a 2002 Supreme Court ruling.
—Kelly Puente, Nashville Tennessean, 5 Aug. 2025
My intellectually disabled son David requires 24/7 support.
—Chicago Tribune, 29 July 2025
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intellectually disabled
adjective
: affected by intellectual disability
intellectually disabled children/adults
State officials and special education advocates are pushing legislation aimed at breaking down barriers they say are keeping thousands of intellectually disabled Bay State students from enrolling in college classes.—Kathleen McKiernan, The Boston Herald
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