mentally retarded

mentally retardedadj

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  intellectually disabled, medically defined as having an IQ (intelligence quotient) below 70 in addition to deficits in two or more adaptive behaviors (which means having problems with basic functional skills that affect everyday, general living).

  • The European Roma Rights Centre in Budapest, which is representing the children - from the north-eastern city of Ostrava - said that the education ministry and local authorities had for decades "perpetuated a system which routinely brands disproportionate numbers of Gypsies as mentally retarded".
  • Per court rules, an original petition should be granted where "exceptional circumstances warrant the exercise of the court's discretionary powers" and "adequate relief cannot be obtained in any other form or from any other court." Given unanimous opinion that he is mentally retarded and thus ineligible for execution, Hill's case presents such "exceptional circumstances."