"Even when someone claims they “don’t mean it that way,” the impact lands the same; it reinforces a world where disabled ...

The new analysis study showed the delay may stem from genetic mutations that are present when a child is born – but activate ...

Reginald Jackson has been ruled intellectually disabled and therefore ineligible for the death penalty, upholding a ...

A single microscopic change in our DNA can permanently alter how the brain is built, locking in developmental problems that ...

Can one number determine the destiny of access for millions of Americans with intellectual disabilities? This is what is at ...

Health outcomes for children with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) are consistently worse than for children without IDDs. Recent estimates suggest that between 2-3% of US children ...

The bizarre oral argument in Hamm v. Smith shows how decades of case law rooted in science is now under siege at the Supreme Court.

William Skipworth’s three-part investigation that appeared in The Eagle-Tribune over the last three weekends in November has laid bare the ongoing traumas experienced by people with intellectual and ...

WASHINGTON – After the Supreme Court in 2002 said inmates who are intellectually disabled can't be executed, prosecutors largely stopped seeking the death penalty for defendants with clear ...

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), diabetes is on the rise nationwide, recently reaching as high as 830 million in 2022. However, an overlooked group that experiences higher rates of ...