Advocates for those with intellectual disabilities are applauding the U.S. Supreme Court for abandoning the term “mental retardation,” seemingly forever, in its decision in Hall v. Florida issued Tuesday.
The ruling—including the dissent—marked the first time the high court used the phrase “intellectual disability” to describe the condition formerly known by the now disfavored term “mental retardation.” As recently as 2013, the court used the term “mental retardation” in a Medicaid case, Wos v. E.M.A.
