Intellectual Disability Definition

noun
A condition, typically present from infancy, characterized by cognitive impairment resulting in difficulty in carrying out the functions of normal daily life: it can result from any of various causes.
Webster's New World

Any disability that affects the intellect or cognitive ability of a person.

Wiktionary
Mental retardation.
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Other Word Forms of Intellectual Disability

Noun

Singular:
intellectual disability
Plural:
intellectual-disabilities

Intellectual Disability Sentence Examples

  • For people with intellectual disability multiple seizure types are common and up to three-quarters of patients remain refractory to treatment.

  • The behavior becomes a problem in children when they don't grow out of it; this signals a possible obsessive compulsive disorder or intellectual disability.

  • Savant syndrome is not a medical diagnosis, but rather a reference to specific characteristics that are observed across all types of autism and intellectual disability.

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