intellectually disabled
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It left states leeway to define who is intellectually disabled but did clarify that an individual with an IQ under 70 is generally going to qualify.
From Slate • May 23, 2026
If enacted, the change will require intellectually disabled young people like Burton as well as very elderly people to file extensive monthly reports if they want to continue their benefits even at the reduced level.
From Salon • Apr. 29, 2026
On a cold winter’s day in June 2002, an intellectually disabled teenage girl disappeared from the New South Wales Riverina without a trace.
From BBC • Sep. 15, 2024
Cisneros, whose lawyer described him as intellectually disabled, said, “I just want to say I’m sorry to the victim’s family, and I’m sorry to my family for putting them through so much pain, that’s it.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 19, 2024
An intellectually disabled black woman living in Choctaw County, Alabama, Ms. Banks was accused of killing her newborn child even though police had no credible basis for believing she had ever been pregnant.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
