mentally disabled
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Sir Richard, who previously criticised the 2022 execution of mentally disabled Nagaenthran Dharmalingam, said Tangaraju's case was "shocking on multiple levels".
From BBC • Apr. 25, 2023
Her brother, John Barowski, who was mentally disabled, lived at the home, too, and got a job working at a 7-Eleven nearby cleaning up and organizing the store, Logan said.
From Washington Post • Apr. 8, 2023
The couple took to the streets last July 11 to protest the spiraling economic crisis that had left them without food or medicine for their mentally disabled son.
From New York Times • Jul. 11, 2022
Those funds have boosted early intervention programs in schools and communities, created wraparound services for severely mentally disabled homeless people and enhanced community outreach.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 10, 2022
Legal rulings empowered people with developmental disabilities to refuse treatment and created rights for the mentally disabled that made forced institutionalization much less common.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
