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 ...

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 ...

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Over 11,000 Pennsylvanians with special needs are on a wait list to receive help from the state. Evan Book of Carlisle is one ...

A new study finds more than 12,000 adults with autism, intellectual, or developmental disabilities live with caregivers over ...

More than 300 people with intellectual and developmental disabilities who have been lingering on a Medicaid wait list for years have signed up for a new program designed to provide them with the ...

For decades, courts have struggled with how to sentence people with intellectual disabilities who are convicted of crimes. On Friday, the highest court in Massachusetts, the Supreme Judicial Court, ...

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An analysis of data from a Korean database reveals that individuals with type 2 diabetes having intellectual disability have ...

As Utah families welcomed children in the 1970s and ’80s, many lived near refineries and manufacturers that were releasing ...

Fears of institutionalization, loss of caregivers. Disabled community in Wisconsin faces grim uncertainty amid new Trump ...

Stephanie Dominguez, left, dances with Jessica Manzueta at a prom night for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. The theme of New Concepts for Living Third Annual Prom Night is ...