intellectual disability
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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
Stuart Todd is a professor of intellectual disability research at the University of South Wales.
From BBC • Sep. 9, 2025
By the time she had turned thirty, prison doctors diagnosed her with multiple sclerosis, intellectual disability, and mental illness related to trauma.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
