Youth and young adults with autism spectrum disorder, intellectual disability, or cerebral palsy experience higher mortality than the general population; causes of death vary widely.

(JTA) — When he’s not working at the local dog care and boarding center, 24-year-old Raffi Stein-Klotz is usually playing ...

With the stroke of a pen Tuesday afternoon, Gov. Brian Kemp signed into law a measure aimed at ensuring intellectually disabled people aren’t executed in Georgia. House Bill 123, which passed both ...

The Georgia Senate passed a bill on Monday easing the state's strict burden of proof required for a death row inmate to be deemed intellectually disabled, which would make them ineligible for a death ...

New research reveals colorectal cancer screening gaps among people with intellectual disabilities, highlighting barriers to ...

A fundraiser, benefiting adult education, kicked off at Cedar Lake Lodge Saturday morning.Cedar Lake is the largest private provider for adults with intellectual disabilities in Kentucky. In past ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Wednesday struggled over how courts should decide borderline cases of whether convicted murderers are intellectually disabled and should be shielded from ...

Family disputes HSE claim of indefinite parental obligation as solicitor says assertion was legally and factually incorrect ...

There is no psychiatric evaluation, no IQ assessment, no description of the degree of intellectual disability, and no medical board report. Before recording the prosecutrix’s evidence, the then ...

At 19 years old, suffering from autism, severe speech and language disorders and other intellectual disabilities, Grace Walker Goad has been on a waiting list for services from the state Department of ...