A search is underway for Jahmez Cartwright, a missing teen with an intellectual disability who may have been lured away from ...

A surprisingly high number of kids with autism are later diagnosed with intellectual disability, researchers say, and they suspect the trend is rooted in an effort to retain services into adulthood.

Autistic individuals often rely on Medicaid for insurance, but the transition to adulthood can, and often does, impact their enrollment status. In continuing to examine how autistic individuals use ...

A comprehensive study published in The Lancet on Friday has concluded that taking acetaminophens, such as Tylenol, during ...

People with intellectual disabilities, such as those with Down syndrome or fetal alcohol spectrum disorder, have historically had shorter life expectancies than the general population, but data from a ...

Many college programs for students with intellectual disabilities are not accredited. A new grant-funded effort aims to ...

A 35-year-old man with severe developmental challenges was arrested by police on Monday night after officers mistakenly ...

Researchers are uncovering how disrupted glutamatergic synapses drive diverse forms of intellectual disability, revealing new ...

While epilepsy affects one percent of the general population, this figure rises to 22.2% for people with learning disabilities. The researchers analysed nearly 10,000 deaths of adults with ...

An Indiana House committee unanimously advanced a bill Wednesday tightening protections for defendants with intellectual disabilities in capital cases, while ...

Over the course of this legislative session, Virginia lawmakers might have to plug a budget hole for services for people with ...

The partnership aims to enhance the quality of educational and developmental services for children with intellectual ...