mentally challenged

mentally challenged
(MEN.tuh.lee CHAL.unjd.)
adj.
Relating to a person with a mental disability.
Example Citation:
The music blared loudly while a group of dancers circled around clapping and shaking their hips. Some were young adults, and others were elderly.
Those who were too frail just moved their hands in time with the music, while a few seemed oblivious to the partying around them. This festive moment took place in an unusual setting. In the assisted living unit of NorthPark, a retirement community in Hollywood, a special program takes place twice a week that unites mentally challenged students from The Quest Center with senior citizens with Alzheimer's disease.
— Lourdes Rodriguez-Florido, "No need to feel down," Sun-Sentinel, November 17, 2002
Earliest Citation:
Ted Kennedy Jr., who lost his right leg to cancer in 1973, delivered a pep talk Sunday to a Minneapolis conference sponsored by the American Cancer Society and Mount Sinai Hospital & Auxiliary...
Kennedy last year helped found Facing the Challenge, Inc., a nonprofit group that he said tries to raise people's awareness of barriers faced by "the physically and mentally challenged." He said he rejects the terms "handicapped" and "disabled."
— Dan Wascoe Jr., "Ted Kennedy Jr. says sports helped recovery," Minneapolis Star-Tribune, April 28, 1986
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  • challenged — adjective a) Lacking some physical or mental attribute or skill; used after adverbs to make politically correct adjectives. mentally challenged b) Used following adverbs to make jocular adjectives in imitation of and mocking politically correct… …   Wiktionary

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  • challenged — adjective visually /physically/mentally challenged AmE an expression for describing someone who has difficulty doing things because of blindness etc, used when you want to avoid saying this directly …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • challenged —    differing from the norm in a taboo fashion    Not faced with a duel, but of those thought to be facing life at a disadvantage. The use extends to the bald, who are follicularly challenged; to the deaf, who are aurally challenged; to the blind …   How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

  • mentally retarded — noun people collectively who are mentally retarded (Freq. 1) he started a school for the retarded • Syn: ↑retarded, ↑developmentally challenged • Hypernyms: ↑people …   Useful english dictionary

  • challenged — chal|lenged [ˈtʃælındʒd] adj visually/physically/mentally etc challenged AmE used as a polite expression for describing someone who has difficulty doing things because they are blind etc …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • physically challenged — (FIZ.uh.klee CHAL.unjd.) adj. Relating to a person with a physical disability or handicap. Example Citation: But ... you can t go to the beach because you fear your wheelchair will get stuck in the soft sand. Not only that, you just discovered… …   New words

  • developmentally challenged — noun people collectively who are mentally retarded he started a school for the retarded • Syn: ↑mentally retarded, ↑retarded • Hypernyms: ↑people …   Useful english dictionary

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