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Moderate to moderate?

"a category of people with moderate to moderate intellectual disability" can't be right. One of those "moderate"s needs to be something else. 86.132.221.84 (talk) 22:07, 19 January 2018 (UTC)

I have neither Fernald (1912) nor Duncan and Millard (1866), but that well-known psychiatric reference work thefreedictionray.com gives "moderate to severe intellectual disability". So I suggest we go with that. Martinevans123 (talk) 22:34, 19 January 2018 (UTC) p.s. note Duncan was, by training, a paleontologist.

Addition

Following a book I'm reading, "Less than nothing" by Slavoj Zizek, Verso 2012, [p.2]I would like to add the Following:

"In his book, "Less than Nothing" the philosopher Slavoj Zizek turns to the Wikipedia's entry of Imbecile, to explain his use of it as a particular and special type of stupidity - a type between the "Idiot" and the "Moron". According to Zizak, the Idiot understands situations logically, but unable to understand its hidden contextual rules (e.g. to provide an elaborate answer to the polite question of welcome: 'how do you do?"). The Idiot is outside of the "Big Other". The Moron, conversely, identifies himself with the contextual rules, or the common sense, so he lacks the ability to see beyond it. The Moron is within the "Big other" The Imbecile, as a middle ground, according to Zizek, "is aware of the need for the Big Other, but not relying on it, distrusting it". Zizek mentions that the term "imbecile", derives from the Latin word "Baculum" (walking stick), which litrally means that imbecile is a person who does not need a walking stick- i.e. able to grasp the "Big Other" (the walking stick) but does not need it for his own use. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gilkuja (talk • contribs) 14:17, 18 February 2018 (UTC)

Permanent protection request

Due to persistent vandalism (at least 140 reverted edits in the past), Imbecile is protected, but it expires at 00:42, 22 August 2018 (UTC). Can this article be put on permanent protection? CryMeAnOcean (talk) 01:17, 21 August 2018 (UTC)

Nevermind. A bot just removed the expired protection template.

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Imbecile&diff=next&oldid=856703010 CryMeAnOcean (talk) 01:28, 27 August 2018 (UTC)