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Having a "senior moment": [17] A temporary mental lapse jokingly attributed to senility or old age. Hipster : A term (often pejorative) referring to young people who are pretentious and heavily focused on keeping up with certain high-end fashion and lifestyle choices.
The following is a list of terms, used to describe disabilities or people with disabilities, which may carry negative connotations or be offensive to people with or without disabilities. Some people consider it best to use person-first language, for example "a person with a disability" rather than "a disabled person."
There are a variety of disabilities affecting cognitive ability.This is a broad concept encompassing various intellectual or cognitive deficits, including intellectual disability (formerly called mental retardation), deficits too mild to properly qualify as intellectual disability, various specific conditions (such as specific learning disability), and problems acquired later in life through ...
People with mental disorders (19 C, 51 P) People with microcephaly (8 P, 1 F) People with misophonia (6 P) People with multiple sclerosis (1 C, 292 P) Mute people (2 ...
Intellectual disability (ID), also known as general learning disability (in the United Kingdom), [3] and formerly mental retardation (in the United States), [4] [5] [6] is a generalized neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by significant impairment in intellectual and adaptive functioning that is first apparent during childhood.
Trainable mentally handicapped: TMJ/TMD Temporomandibular joint disorder: TMR Trainable mentally retarded: TN Trigeminal Neuralgia: TOS Thoracic outlet syndrome: TS Tourette syndrome: TS Tuberous sclerosis: TSC Tuberous sclerosis: TSEs Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies: TSP Tropical spastic paraparesis: TTH Tension type headache: TTP
Note: This category's interpretation of disability is quite broad, and may include people with medical conditions that may not typically be considered disabled. See also Category:People with disabilities .
Mental disorder, also called mental illness or psychiatric disorder, a behavioral or mental pattern that causes impairment of personal functioning Neurodevelopmental disorder, a disorder of brain function; Emotional and behavioral disorders, a disability classification used in educational settings