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application across states of the protections guaranteed under Atkins v.
Virginia. Until then, most cases continue to use the state statutes as a guide
and then rely heavi ly on the AAIDD and DSM-5 systems for the operation-
alization of the state definition, since AAIDD and DSM-5 establish national
consensus on clinical standards of practice in defining and diagnosing
intellectual disability.
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