The term "mental cripple" has been used historically as a derogatory term to refer to people with intellectual or cognitive disabilities, and was often used in a way that reinforced negative stereotypes and discrimination against this population.
The term mental-cripple was used to refer to autistics as seen in this 1965 nice-page photo essay in Life Magazine featuring Dr Ivar Loovas and ABA therapy.
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