10/10/2025
Margaret A. Nygren, executive director and CEO of the American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, said the current case is specifically focused on how states should consider IQ scores when there is a claim that an individual should be barred from ex*****on due to intellectual disability, an issue affecting very few people. But, she noted that a new Supreme Court ruling could create a precedent that is cited in future legal proceedings on other matters.
Disability advocates are speaking out as the U.S. Supreme Court prepares to take on a case that hinges on whether a diagnosis of intellectual disability should be based on more than an IQ score.