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limited guardianship

a form of legal guardianship of a child or adult with a disability (e.g., intellectual disability) in which a guardian has authority with respect to some areas of activity (e.g., legal, financial, health-related) in which the ward is not capable. In some jurisdictions, the term is used interchangeably with conservatorship.

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disarranged-sentence test

disarranged-sentence test

a test or test item whose objective is to put a scrambled sentence in proper order. For example, the individual being tested could be required to reorder “Boy town the to went bustling the” to read “The boy went to the bustling town.”