How to Use intellectually disabled in a Sentence

intellectually disabled

adjective
  • Nancy was left permanently intellectually disabled but was able to find a job in a sheltered workshop.
    — Judy Stone, Forbes.com, 21 Jan. 2026
  • Her brother, who lives in the Netherlands, is intellectually disabled, deaf and autistic.
    — Jim Higgins, jsonline.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Her brother, who lives in the Netherlands, is intellectually disabled, deaf and autistic.
    — Jim Higgins, jsonline.com, 5 Sep. 2025
  • The high court has prohibited the death penalty for the intellectually disabled.
    — CBS News, 9 Mar. 2023
  • That same survey found that most participants in programs for intellectually disabled people are men.
    — Sasha Hupka, The Arizona Republic, 10 May 2023
  • Smith says he is intellectually disabled; the state of Alabama wants to execute him anyway.
    — Ian Millhiser, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
  • In short, any claim that Pittman is intellectually disabled would run headlong into strong evidence of adaptive function.
    — Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 17 Sep. 2025
  • In 2022, a judge found Jackson intellectually disabled, which bars him from the death penalty.
    — Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 21 Apr. 2026
  • In 2022, a judge found Jackson intellectually disabled, which bars him from the death penalty.
    — Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 22 Apr. 2026
  • In 2022, a judge found Jackson intellectually disabled, which bars him from the death penalty.
    — Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 29 Apr. 2026
  • His attorneys also have claimed he is intellectually disabled.
    — USA TODAY, 4 Apr. 2024
  • The question presented in that case is whether and how courts should assess a claim by a defendant that he cannot be executed because he is intellectually disabled.
    — Jenna Sundel gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025
  • The question presented is whether and how courts should assess a claim by a defendant that he cannot be executed because he is intellectually disabled.
    — Jenna Sundel, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Aug. 2025
  • The high court has prohibited the death penalty for the intellectually disabled, but not for people with serious mental illness.
    — CBS News, 7 Mar. 2023
  • The question of whether Atkins survives or falls will turn on whether there are five justices who want intellectually disabled people to be executed, and nothing else.
    — Ian Millhiser, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
  • Once an intellectually disabled defendant enters the judicial system, the process has to run its course, said Garnett.
    — Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Mar. 2026
  • The study commission identified at least 25 women whom Vanier abused, none of them intellectually disabled.
    — Nicole Winfield, Anchorage Daily News, 28 Mar. 2023
  • More broadly, the ruling could determine how many other borderline intellectually disabled people on death row could be able to convert their death sentences into life behind bars.
    — Devin Dwyer, ABC News, 10 Dec. 2025
  • Black's legal team has also unsuccessfully tried to get a new hearing over whether he is intellectually disabled and ineligible for the death penalty.
    — Tobias Meyjes, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Aug. 2025
  • As a general rule, someone must have an IQ of 70 or below to be considered intellectually disabled.
    — Ian Millhiser, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
  • The Supreme Court has prohibited the death penalty for the intellectually disabled, but not for people with serious mental illness.
    — CBS News, 8 Mar. 2023
  • Jackson wrote in a dissenting opinion that Texas's own expert found that Busby was too intellectually disabled to be executed.
    — Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 15 May 2026
  • The episode finds Peter diagnosed as intellectually disabled.
    — Chris Snellgrove, EW.com, 30 Sep. 2023
  • The two older kids are intellectually disabled because of fetal alcohol syndrome and will never live independently.
    — Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 21 June 2023
  • In prior appeals, Green's attorneys had claimed he was intellectually disabled and has had a lifelong history of psychiatric disorders.
    — CBS News, 7 Mar. 2023
  • The foundation will attempt to turn that around with advocacy, education and programming to support adult children who are intellectually disabled.
    — Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 12 Mar. 2024
  • Now, my adorable, sweet intellectually disabled child is turning into an intellectually disabled adult whom society simply doesn’t value.
    — Erin Prater, Fortune Well, 18 Feb. 2023
  • In prior appeals, Green's attorneys had claimed he was intellectually disabled and had a lifelong history of psychiatric disorders.
    — Juan A. Lozano and Michael Graczyk, USA TODAY, 8 Mar. 2023
  • Moreover, a personal tragedy involving my uncle, who is severely intellectually disabled, underscores this need.
    — Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 17 May 2024
  • The Supreme Court in 2002 had barred the execution of intellectually disabled people.
    — CBS News, 7 Aug. 2024

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