mentally handicapped

Example Sentences

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Pattinson's character is a bright but oppressed sort who has been given a raw deal, charged with taking care of his mentally handicapped brother and no easy economic way out of his predicament.

From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2017

Bush lobbied a judge to consider appointing a guardian to the fetus of a mentally handicapped woman who had been raped in group care.

From The Guardian • Aug. 5, 2015

Einstein did not speak until he was four and did not read until he was seven, causing his teachers and parents to think he was mentally handicapped, slow, and anti-social.

From Forbes • Apr. 20, 2015

The attorney, Harvey Fishbein, said Hernandez suffered from mental illness including hallucinations and was borderline mentally handicapped.

From Reuters • Sep. 16, 2014

What we need to work out is a better and more effective means for helping the family to do what is needed for the mentally handicapped child.

From The Family and it's Members by Spencer, Anna Garlin