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intellectual disabilities

intellectual disabilities is the plural of intellectual disability.

Meaning of intellectual disability

Noun

intellectual disability (plural intellectual disabilities)

  1. Any disability that affects the intellect or cognitive ability of a person.
    • It is claimed that 20 per cent of children will have an intellectual disability at some time in their lives, which may result from medical problems, sensory impairments, hysical disabilities, emotional and behavioural difficulties, language impairments, or specific learning problems such as...2008, Linda Leung, Digital Experience Design: Ideas, Industries, Interaction, →ISBN, page 70
    1. (specifically, usually) An IQ below 70 or a severely below average ability to reason and to develop basic living skills.

Questions about intellectual disabilities

What is intellectual disabilities the plural of?
Intellectual disabilities is the plural of intellectual disability.

Words near intellectual disabilities in the dictionary

  1. intellectual
  2. intellectual capital
  3. intellectual dark web
  4. intellectual developmental disorder
  5. intellectual developmental disorders
  6. intellectual disabilities
  7. intellectual disability
  8. intellectual freedom
  9. intellectual honesty
  10. intellectual masturbation
  11. intellectual properties

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