intellectually disabled

adjective

: affected by intellectual disability

intellectually disabled children/adults

The academy students, ages 18 to 21, are intellectually disabled students who are at what's called a transition age and are preparing to be self-sustaining adults with the experience to land and hold down various kinds of jobs.

—Juan Siliezar

… lawmakers are poised to pass legislation that will put Florida on the cutting edge in education, savings and employment opportunities for the intellectually disabled.

—William March

Examples of intellectually disabled in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

That’s why judges still have no choice but to admit all kinds of questionable confessions, like that of our sixteen-year-old, intellectually disabled client Brendan Dassey — a videotaped confession that millions of people watched on Netflix and immediately saw was unreliable. —Michelle Mbekeani, Forbes.com, 3 Apr. 2025

In honor of their intellectually disabled sister, Rosemary. —Liz McNeil, People.com, 24 Mar. 2025

This was another delay for Wood, who was previously set for execution in 2009 when it was put on hold about 24 hours beforehand over claims he was intellectually disabled and thus ineligible for execution. —Pilar Arias, Fox News, 12 Mar. 2025

In a first, Gov. Kay Ivey of Alabama, an ardent supporter of capital punishment, commuted the death sentence of an intellectually disabled man convicted of murder on Friday. —Abigail Brooks, NBC News, 28 Feb. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1955, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for intellectually disabled

• abled
• cabled
• fabled
• gabled
• labeled
• labelled
• stabled
• tabled
• enabled
• mislabeled
• unlabeled
• unlabelled

Kids Definition

intellectually disabled

adjective

: affected by intellectual disability

Medical Definition

intellectually disabled

adjective

: affected by intellectual disability

intellectually disabled children/adults

State officials and special education advocates are pushing legislation aimed at breaking down barriers they say are keeping thousands of intellectually disabled Bay State students from enrolling in college classes.

—Kathleen McKiernan, The Boston Herald