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intellectual disability

[in-tl-ek-choo-uhl dis-uh-bil-i-tee] / ˌɪn tlˈɛk tʃu əl ˌdɪs əˈbɪl ɪ ti /


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The research team also highlighted an unexpected finding: some participants showed only psychiatric symptoms, even though GRIN2A changes are usually linked to epilepsy or intellectual disability.

From Science Daily • Dec. 2, 2025

Clinicians might also be less frequently assigning other labels such as intellectual disability, formally referred to as mental retardation, some data suggest.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 14, 2025

"We are talking, I think, more about individuals with no intellectual disability," she says.

From BBC • May 2, 2025

Nor did it set clear guidelines to help legislatures and courts determine what should count as an intellectual disability.

From Slate • Mar. 6, 2025

He began showing signs of intellectual disability at an early age.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson