Sentence examples for mental retardation from inspiring English sources

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mental backwardness

emotional retardation

developmental retardation

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'mental retardation' is a correct phrase in written English.
Depending on the context, you can use the phrase to refer to a condition in which someone has difficulty learning and functioning in daily life due to their mental development. For example, "Many children with mental retardation have difficulty learning and focusing on tasks."

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mental retardation

noun

A intellectual disability and developmental disability in which the person has an intelligence quotient below 70 plus difficulty in multiple areas of daily life. Evidence of this disability must have appeared before the person reached adulthood.

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criterion for mental retardation".

The New Yorker

Mental retardation is usually severe.

Encyclopedia Britannica

His mental retardation (his I.Q.

The New York Times

B) "That vaccines cause mental retardation".

The New York Times

Mental retardation is not the point.

The New York Times - Magazine

Mental retardation or developmental disability qualifies you".

The New York Times

PKU, learning, and models of mental retardation.

Cornell University

Mental retardation facilities -- New York (State).

Cornell University

Intellectual Disability (mental retardation) and psychiatric disorders.

Stanford University

below 70 is generally accepted as mental retardation.

The New York Times

Iodine deficiency is the leading preventable cause of mental retardation.

The New York Times

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