How to Use intellectual disability in a Sentence

intellectual disability

noun

• The state plans make clear that the fate of those with intellectual disabilities is part of the wrenching debate.
  — Amy Silverman, ProPublica, 27 Mar. 2020
• The type of alert is issued by the state for people of any age who have an intellectual disability.
  — Dallas News, 3 Feb. 2022
• My wife had a parish where one/third of her parish were adults with intellectual disabilities.
  — Karen Zurawski, Houston Chronicle, 15 Sep. 2019
• The bill also adds intellectual disability of a youth as a factor for the judge to consider.
  — Deborah Yetter, The Courier-Journal, 18 Mar. 2021
• At the time of his death, Tirado’s 17-year-old son Matthew, who according to the Courant had severe intellectual disabilities, weighed just 84 lbs.
  — Greg Hanlon, PEOPLE.com, 6 June 2018
• Eight of the people were patients at Jacquelyn House, a group home for adults with intellectual disabilities, and the other two were staff members.
  — Julie Mazziotta, PEOPLE.com, 8 Nov. 2019
• People from ages 8 through 17 with an intellectual disability will be paired with two youth mentors and either a pig or a goat to show the show animals.
  — Jim Higgins, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 25 July 2019
• The 17-year-old has what his mom, Kathy Smith, describes as an intellectual disability.
  — Terry Baddoo, USA TODAY, 16 Nov. 2022
• Police said the 38-year-old client has severe intellectual disabilities and is never supposed to be left alone, even in the bathroom.
  — Christine Dempsey, courant.com, 27 Sep. 2019
• The boy has an intellectual disability and Coble worked in his class, according to the sheriff’s office.
  — Mitchell Willetts, Kansas City Star, 8 Jan. 2025
• Edwards stopped paying the young man, who has an intellectual disability; forced him to work seven days a week, racking up over 100 hours; and spewed racial slurs and other threats at him.
  — Breanna Edwards, The Root, 6 June 2018
• Lawyers for the state said in court filings that Tharpe's intellectual disability claim already has been reviewed and rejected by the courts.
  — Keith Leroy Tharpe, CBS News, 26 Sep. 2017
• The house had a living space in the basement intended for Fawcett’s daughter, Abby, who has an intellectual disability, to live in as an adult.
  — oregonlive, 7 Aug. 2022
• This can lead to convulsions and leave a child deaf or with an intellectual disability.
  — Elizabeth Cohen, CNN, 13 Aug. 2019
• This year marks the 25th anniversary of the gallery, run by St. Madeleine Sophie’s Center, which serves folks with intellectual disabilities.
  — Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Feb. 2025
• One of his attorneys said Bourgeois has an intellectual disability and should be able to prove that.
  — Washington Post, 2 Dec. 2020
• People with Down syndrome, a type of intellectual disability, did make the list.
  — Glenn Howatt, Star Tribune, 26 Feb. 2021
• Parents have a child with an intellectual disability, check out the programs available, then get involved or start their own.
  — Gregg Doyel indianapolis Star, The Indianapolis Star, 23 Jan. 2023
• Those cases included the 2014 beating by staff of a man with intellectual disabilities for failing to pull up his pants.
  — Beth Hundsdorfer, ProPublica, 24 Mar. 2025
• Ricky has a mild intellectual disability, works in Denver & has not returned home from work.
  — Joe Rubino, The Denver Post, 23 Dec. 2019
• Police are asking for the public's help to find a 41-year-old man with an intellectual disability who was last seen Saturday in Denton.
  — Dallas News, 30 June 2019
• My original idea was to try to get employers to want to hire folks with intellectual disabilities.
  — Kathleen Toner, CNN, 24 Mar. 2023
• Set in a care home for kids and youth with intellectual disabilities, the hybrid pic follows a team of social workers in their daily routines and interactions with the youths.
  — Annika Pham, Variety, 19 Aug. 2024
• About 1% of all children with intellectual disabilities have a mutation of the gene.
  — Evan Bush, NBC News, 18 Feb. 2025
• In the horror thriller Mother, a small village treats a boy with intellectual disabilities poorly to their detriment.
  — Nathan Mattise, Ars Technica, 28 Sep. 2019
• His younger sister, Rosemary Kennedy, had been born with intellectual disabilities — and her treatment is illustrative of some of the horrors of the asylum era.
  — Greg Rosalsky, NPR, 16 Apr. 2024
• Dan Lenz always wanted to work and have an apartment of his own — a simple wish that his mother, Fay Lenz, said posed challenges for the Avon resident with intellectual disabilities and autism.
  — Livi Stanford, Hartford Courant, 3 Mar. 2025
• Cian, who has autism and intellectual disabilities, could no longer make out the numbers on the elevator buttons, his parents said.
  — Jodi S. Cohen, ProPublica, 26 July 2024
• The youngest kids were 30% more likely to have an intellectual disability and 31% more likely to have depression than their older classmates.
  — Serena Gordon, chicagotribune.com, 24 Sep. 2019
• The training was geared toward individuals with intellectual disabilities, though some of the skills would apply to working with folks who may be intoxicated and overstimulated.
  — Tiney Ricciardi, Denver Post, 27 Mar. 2025