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Borderline intelligence

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Borderline intellectual functioning
Other namesBorderline mental retardation,[1] borderline mental subnormality,[1] borderline mental deficiency,[1] borderline mental disability, borderline intelligence,[1] deficientia intelligentiæ,[1] backwardness[1]
Medical specialtyPsychiatry

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]

In school years, people with borderline intelligence are known as "slow learners".[3][4]

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  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Manual of the International Statistical Classification of Diseases, Injures, and Causes of Death (PDF). Vol. 1. Geneva: World Health Organization. 1967. p. 154.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ "Slow Learner". School Psychologist Files. Archived from the original on November 23, 2016. Retrieved November 23, 2016.
  4. ↑ "The Underachiever and the Slow Learner". Healio. Retrieved November 23, 2016.