intellectual disability
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Researchers analyzed outcomes for 262,852 children assessed for autism, 335,255 evaluated for ADHD, and 406,681 assessed for intellectual disability.
From Science Daily • Jan. 19, 2026
Large numbers of those who commit capital crimes suffer from an intellectual disability.
From Slate • Dec. 8, 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
She is now a full-time carer for Juno, who has a speech impairment and intellectual disability as a result of the genetic illness.
From BBC • Aug. 31, 2025
In 2002, there were about a hundred people with mental retardation facing execution when the Court banned the death penalty for people with intellectual disability.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
