If your child has an intellectual disability (ID), their brain hasn’t developed properly or has been injured in some way. Their brain may also not function within the normal range of both intellectual ...

A new study is among the first to estimate the number of adults in the U.S. with intellectual disability, offering policymakers and other stakeholders a snapshot of the need for resources. Just shy of ...

The U.S. Supreme Court is set to hear arguments in a case that advocates say could have major implications for how ...

The US Supreme Court will hear Hamm v. Smith on Wednesday, December 10, a death penalty case testing how courts should treat ...

A Supreme Court case on executing offenders with intellectual disabilities could reshape what “cruel and unusual punishment” ...

The case involves an Alabama man who challenged his death sentence after a murder conviction because of his varying results ...

Once a common schoolyard insult, the R-word had largely vanished from mainstream speech until recently. Donald Trump has helped its resurgence.

A combination of missed prevention opportunities and health inequalities can result in the early deaths of people living with ...