Despite 13% of the American population living with a disability, stigma and discrimination persist. With 44 million Americans living with some form of disability, it is more critical than ever to ...

What are intellectual and developmental disabilities? Intellectual disability is a disability characterized by significant limitations in both intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior, which ...

Allison Boot, MA, is an Independent Living Specialist with the Access Center for Independent Living. (CONTRIBUTED) Allison Boot, MA, is an Independent Living Specialist with the Access Center for ...

The nation’s pediatricians are getting new guidelines for how to go about evaluating children who present with global developmental delay or intellectual disability. Doctors should use genetic testing ...

Falls are a common cause of injury, especially for adults over age 65. But adults with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities or cerebral palsy may also be at higher risk. Researchers analyzed ...

Aaron Bass likes some things about Shapiro Developmental Center, a home he shares with some 500 others on a site along the Kankakee River that first housed Illinois residents with disabilities nearly ...

The number of children with developmental disabilities is on the rise with new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention showing that nearly 1 in 11 kids are diagnosed with autism, ...

Falls are a common cause of injury, especially for adults over age 65. But adults with intellectual and/or developmental ...

Children in rural areas are more likely to have developmental disabilities and are less likely to receive special education or early-intervention services than children living in urban areas, says a ...

The month of March is celebrated as Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month. An intellectual disability refers to a group of disorders characterized by limited mental capacity that ...