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developmental disability
(redirected from Mentally challenged)

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developmental disability [də¦vel·əp‚ment·əl ‚dis·ə‚bil·əd·ē]
(medicine)
A substantial handicap or impairment originating before the age of 18 that may be expected to continue indefinitely.


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Solution 2: The homeless fall into several categories: mentally ill (crazy), mentally challenged (retarded), emotionally disturbed and antisocial (sociopath/criminal), victim of society (drug addict/alcoholic) and unemployable (lazy).
Byline: ANI Jaipur, Sep 3 (ANI): Bollywood actor Salman Khan on Thursday attended a function that was hosted exclusively for mentally challenged children in Rajasthan's capital city Jaipur.
Although it is hard to comprehend today, mentally challenged children and adults in those days were kept largely isolated.
 
 
 
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