Talk:Borderline intellectual functioning

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Merger proposal

I propose merging Borderline mental retardation into this article, because both articles are about the same issue. This one is a bit bigger and its name is better (the term mental retardation is no longer seen as neutral). Please comment! Lova Falk talk 09:43, 9 February 2013 (UTC)

• Support: I only stub-sorted the BMR article, and removed a section relating to one specific person - seems a sensible merger. PamD 10:01, 9 February 2013 (UTC)
• Support: The sourcing for BMR is not very strong, but it essentially is another term for the same thing. Borderline intellectual functioning has official recognition in the DSM-IV-TR.Legitimus (talk) 12:58, 9 February 2013 (UTC)
• Support: American Psychiatric Association published drafts for DSM-5 changing "mental retardation" to "intellectual disability" (here and here). --Darío Alafita Pérez (talk) 17:09, 10 February 2013 (UTC)

Thank you! I'll do it. Lova Falk talk 08:48, 15 February 2013 (UTC)

 Done Lova Falk talk 09:02, 15 February 2013 (UTC)

Mentioning socio economic status being often “unachieved” by those with borderline functioning.

This article mentions that borderline people might only achieve low socioeconomic status. I want to say that there should be mention of this negatively effecting oppressed people with the disorder. Also there should be a mention of how DSM is not that credible of a source when it comes to understanding personalities. And I would say this second part should be done for all DSM entries on wiki, because of the history of “the field” of Mental Health, related to institutional racism and it’s egregious effects on people oppressed identities. Ex. Transgenderism being classified as a disorder and problem. Practicing religion that aligns with your sense of people hood as an indigenous person being illegal in the US until the 1970s, and the mass indoctrination of BIPOC into psychiatric facilities and prisons for schizophrenia. BeepBoopRobot (talk) 05:38, 4 November 2021 (UTC)

According to wiki’s article on IQ classification borderline mental retardation is 70-79 and doesn’t include the low 80s. I think this article has that wrong.Bjoh249 (talk) 20:44, 8 October 2023 (UTC)

Intelligence

Can it even be measured or understood completely? BeepBoopRobot (talk) 05:56, 4 November 2021 (UTC)