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October 5, 2010, President Obama signed âRosaâs lawâ (see Public Law 111-256), which. changes the phrase âmental retardationâ to âintellectual disabilityâ in all federal statutes where. specific agencies have the discretion to make this change (e.g., this change does not yet apply to. the social security program).
Mental retardation replaced older terms such as feeblemindedness, idiocy, and mental subnormality that had become pejorative. Now, over 5 decades later, the term 'mental retardation' is being eliminated for similar reasons. The APA's fifth revision of its DSM-5 and the WHO in the 11th edition of the International Classification of Diseases (lCD-11) will revise their terminology. This is consistent with the abandonment of the term by medical and educational professions and advocacy groups over recent years.