For years, researchers believed that when people with intellectual disabilities age, they experience an early decline in cognitive functioning. But a groundbreaking study by Hefziba Lifshitz of ...

Federal officials are releasing new data showing that the estimated number of U.S. children with autism has increased once ...

Lake Superior College received the state’s first Inclusive Higher Education Grant to make academic classes and programs more ...

The Kaduna State House of Assembly has passed a bill establishing the Mental Health Services Department, aimed at advancing ...

A now-stalled upcoming release of data had been expected to help shed light on a recent increase in cognitive disability ... data on people with intellectual disabilities. Only a handful of ...

The Georgia legislature threw its support behind legislation that would make it easier for defendants in death penalty cases to avoid execution by proving that they have an intellectual disability.

Historically, therapies for ASD and ID have primarily targeted managing symptoms, such as behavioral issues or communication ...

Don't know what exactly that alert you got on your phone was? Here's what a purple alert and all the different color-coded alerts in Florida mean.

In a cross-sectional study, researchers assessed the link between marine microplastic levels in ocean water and the prevalence of cognitive, mobility, self-care, and independent living-associated ...

Our story is just one of many. Developmental disabilities affect 1 in 6 people in the U.S. (17%), including intellectual/cognitive disabilities, neurodevelopmental disorders (Autism, ADHD ...