Borderline Intellectual Functioning in India: In the ‘No Man’s Land’
Akhilesh Sharma, Sabbu Maharjan, Ankit Dangi, Rajni Sharma · 2026
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Sharma's team at PGIMER Chandigarh plead the case of borderline intellectual functioning in India. The group, roughly IQ seventy to 85, comprises perhaps an eighth of the public. Neither ICD-11 nor DSM-5 lists it as a disorder. Planning, memory, and adaptive deficits are still steady.
Around forty percent also live with mental illness, often masked by their low scores. India's 2024 benefits gazette scores this band at 25 percent, below the forty percent benefit threshold. Aid, exam perks, and job quotas thus stay out of reach. The piece urges naming the group, training, and research funds.
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| CREATOR | Akhilesh Sharma, Sabbu Maharjan, Ankit Dangi, Rajni Sharma |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 8 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |