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men·tal·ly chal·lenged
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mentally challengedadjective
having a low intelligence; having some mental illness
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Mentally Challenged
Intellectual disability (ID), also known as general learning disability in the United Kingdom and formerly mental retardation, is a generalized neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by significantly impaired intellectual and adaptive functioning. It is defined by an IQ under 70, in addition to deficits in two or more adaptive behaviors that affect everyday, general living. Intellectual functions are defined under DSM-V as reasoning, problem‑solving, planning, abstract thinking, judgment, academic learning, and learning from instruction and experience, and practical understanding confirmed by both clinical assessment and standardized tests. Adaptive behavior is defined in terms of conceptual, social, and practical skills involving tasks performed by people in their everyday lives.Intellectual disability is subdivided into syndromic intellectual disability, in which intellectual deficits associated with other medical and behavioral signs and symptoms are present, and non-syndromic intellectual disability, in which intellectual deficits appear without other abnormalities. Down syndrome and fragile X syndrome are examples of syndromic intellectual disabilities. Intellectual disability affects about 2 to 3% of the general population. Seventy-five to ninety percent of the affected people have mild intellectual disability. Non-syndromic, or idiopathic cases account for 30 to 50% of these cases. About a quarter of cases are caused by a genetic disorder, and about 5% of cases are inherited. Cases of unknown cause affect about 95 million people as of 2013.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of mentally challenged in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of mentally challenged in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
Examples of mentally challenged in a Sentence
We have a president representing our country at the most important time in history, who is physically and mentally challenged.
We have had reports of children, especially children that are mentally challenged, who have been used as suicide bombers, most probably without them even understanding what has happened or what they have to expect.
A lot of people treat me differently, as though I was mentally challenged or inferior to them. In reality ectodermal dysplasia is a physical condition.
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- متحدى عقلياArabic
- geistig behindertGerman
- διανοητικά αμφισβητηθείGreek
- con problemas mentalesSpanish
- Henkisesti rajoittunutFinnish
- défi mentalFrench
- मानसिक रूप से विकलांगHindi
- Szellemi kihívásHungarian
- tantangan mentalIndonesian
- mentalmente sfidatoItalian
- 精神的に挑戦するJapanese
- 정신적으로 도전 한Korean
- impugnetur mentisLatin
- geestelijk gehandicaptDutch
- mentalt utfordretNorwegian
- psychiczniePolish
- desafiado mentalmentePortuguese
- contestat mentalRomanian
- mentalt utmanadeSwedish
- மனநலம் குன்றியTamil
- zihinsel engelliTurkish
- розумово складнихUkrainian
- 精神挑战Chinese
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