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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The book opens with the 1982 murder of a well-off elderly white woman, Dorothy Edwards, in Greenwood, South Carolina—a murder for which Elmore, an intellectually disabled Black handyman, is swiftly convicted and sentenced to death.
—Boris Kachka, The Atlantic, 18 Oct. 2024
The question of whether Atkins survives or falls will turn on whether there are five justices who want intellectually disabled people to be executed, and nothing else.
—Ian Millhiser, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
The Supreme Court in 2002 had barred the execution of intellectually disabled people.
—CBS News, 7 Aug. 2024
To execute mentally or intellectually disabled people is barbaric.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 1 Aug. 2024
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Boris Kachka, The Atlantic, 18 Oct. 2024
The question of whether Atkins survives or falls will turn on whether there are five justices who want intellectually disabled people to be executed, and nothing else.
—Ian Millhiser, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
The Supreme Court in 2002 had barred the execution of intellectually disabled people.
—CBS News, 7 Aug. 2024
To execute mentally or intellectually disabled people is barbaric.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 1 Aug. 2024
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“Intellectually disabled.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/intellectually%20disabled. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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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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