Borderline intelligence
below-average cognitive ability (IQ 70–85) that is not as severe as intellectual disability (<70)
Borderline intelligence (also called borderline intellectual functioning or borderline mental disability) is a category of intelligence in which a person has lower than normal mental ability. IQ levels are between 70 and 85. It is not as bad as intellectual disability (IQ 69 and under).[2]
| Borderline intellectual functioning | |
|---|---|
| Other names | Borderline mental retardation,[1] borderline mental subnormality,[1] borderline mental deficiency,[1] borderline mental disability, borderline intelligence,[1] deficientia intelligentiæ,[1] backwardness[1] |
| Medical specialty | Psychiatry |
In school years, people with borderline intelligence are known as "slow learners".[3][4]
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change- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Manual of the International Statistical Classification of Diseases, Injures, and Causes of Death (PDF). Vol. 1. Geneva: World Health Organization. 1967. p. 154.
- ↑ Alloway, T. P. (2010). "Borderline Intellectual Functioning". Journal of Intellectual Disability Research : Jidr. 54 (5). Wiley Online Library: 448–456. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2788.2010.01281.x. PMID 20537050. Retrieved November 23, 2016.
- ↑ "Slow Learner". School Psychologist Files. Archived from the original on November 23, 2016. Retrieved November 23, 2016.
- ↑ "The Underachiever and the Slow Learner". Healio. Retrieved November 23, 2016.
