Drinking alcoholic beverages during pregnancy can trigger more or less severe neurodevelopmental and growth disorders. Recent ...

The Healey-Driscoll Administration has awarded $3.6 million to support students with disabilities across Massachusetts’ public colleges and universities through the Massachusetts Inclusive ...

The intersection of identities is both a source of pride and challenges experienced by many Americans today, and for 61 million people, that includes living with a disability. For those living with a ...

As federal officials begin to outline more stringent Medicaid eligibility rules, worries are running high about what the ...

William Skipworth’s three-part investigation that appeared in The Eagle-Tribune over the last three weekends in November has ...

WASHINGTON – Disability rights groups fear a death penalty case before the Supreme Court could have implications for the intellectually disabled far beyond the criminal context. The justices are ...

The case involves an Alabama man who challenged his death sentence after a murder conviction because of his varying results in a series of I.Q. tests. By Ann E. Marimow Reporting from Washington The ...

The U.S. Supreme Court is set to hear arguments in a case that advocates say could have major implications for how intellectual disability is defined. The high court will consider Hamm v. Smith on ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. On Wednesday, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in Hamm v. Smith, a death ...

Individuals with intellectual disabilities (ID) frequently exhibit behaviors that challenge (BC), such as aggression and self-injury, which significantly impact their quality of life. Pharmacological ...

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 ...