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I raised the special education reference for a reason. There are many reasons why a child might be in a special education program. These are generally split into three broad categories: behavior disorders (BD), learning disabilities (LD), and mental handicaps (MH). The vast majority of students in special education are in it because of a learning disability, and learning disabilities are entirely separate from overall mental ability. You can have, for example, difficulty reading while still having intelligence in the normal range. Indeed, a child cannot be classified as learning disabled if they have a low IQ.
It's only in conjunction with "limited capacity", and that description comes from a defense attorney with a vested interest in having his client be legally of that status, that we get the implication that these two are retarded. Even then it it's only hinted at. We can't really know what their mental capacity was based on this article.
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