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Descriptor English: Education of Persons with Intellectual Disabilities
Descriptor Spanish: Educación de las Personas con Discapacidad Intelectual
Descriptor educación del discapacitado intelectual
Entry term(s) educación de la persona con discapacidad intelectual
educación de personas con discapacidad intelectual
educación de retrasados mentales
educación del deficiente mental
educación del discapacitado mental
enseñanza de individuos con discapacidad intelectual
enseñanza de personas con discapacidad intelectual
enseñanza de retrasados mentales
Scope note: Enseñanza o formación de los individuos con un funcionamiento intelectual subnormal.
Descriptor Portuguese: Educação de Pessoa com Deficiência Intelectual
Descriptor French: Enseignement aux personnes ayant une déficience intellectuelle
Entry term(s): Disabled Education, Intellectually
Disabled Educations, Intellectually
Education of Intellectually Disabled
Education of Mentally Defective
Education of Mentally Retarded
Education, Mentally Retarded
Intellectually Disabled Education
Intellectually Disabled Educations
Mentally Defective Education
Mentally Retarded Education
Tree number(s): F02.784.629.375
I02.233.213.400
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D004495
Scope note: The teaching or training of those individuals with subnormal intellectual functioning. In DeCS, some entry terms may include outdated and offensive terms according to The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD) in order to assist users who are interested in retrieving comprehensive search results for studies such as in longitudinal studies.
Allowable Qualifiers: CL classification
EC economics
ES ethics
HI history
LJ legislation & jurisprudence
MT methods
OG organization & administration
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends
Public MeSH Note: 2025; was EDUCATION OF INTELLECTUALLY DISABLED 1967-2024; was EDUCATION OF MENTALLY DEFECTIVE 1963-1966
Online Note: use EDUCATION OF MENTALLY RETARDED to search EDUCATION OF MENTALLY DEFECTIVE 1966
History Note: 2025 (1967)
DeCS ID: 4581
Unique ID: D004495
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1967/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2024/07/30
Education of Persons with Intellectual Disabilities - Preferred
Concept UI M0007084
Scope note The teaching or training of those individuals with subnormal intellectual functioning. In DeCS, some entry terms may include outdated and offensive terms according to The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD) in order to assist users who are interested in retrieving comprehensive search results for studies such as in longitudinal studies.
Preferred term Education of Persons with Intellectual Disabilities
Entry term(s) Disabled Education, Intellectually
Disabled Educations, Intellectually
Education of Intellectually Disabled
Education of Mentally Defective
Education of Mentally Retarded
Education, Mentally Retarded
Intellectually Disabled Education
Intellectually Disabled Educations
Mentally Defective Education
Mentally Retarded Education



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