mental subnormality

mental subnormality
One of a cluster of terms-others include mental deficiency, mental impairment, mental retardation, and mental handicap-that refer to states of arrested or incomplete development of intellectual capacities, where intelligence is considerably below normal. To reduce stigma , the favoured concept changes; the loose term ‘learning difficulties’ is the current preference.

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