States not required to give community-based care for those with disabilities: DOJ opinion

The Office of Legal Counsel opinion released Thursday said states aren't required by law to integrate mentally disabled ...
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K'taka HC permits total abdominal hysterectomy for woman with intellectual disabilities

Bengaluru: The High Court of Karnataka has permitted a 'Total Abdominal Hysterectomy' to be performed on a 23-year-old woman ...
Psychology Today

Intellectual Disability (Intellectual Developmental Disorder)

Intellectual disability is a disorder marked by below-average intellectual function and a lack of skills necessary for independent daily living. The condition begins in the developmental period. The ...

Death Row Disability Cases Are Questions of Morality, Not Science

Opinion: Doctors' input on how to weigh cognitive disability in death penalty cases can be helpful, but characterizing such ...

Do women with intellectual disabilities have reproductive autonomy? What the law says

The Karnataka High Court judgment last week was the latest instance of courts’ intervention in decisions that often involve ...
Education Week

College for Students With Intellectual Disabilities Faces an Uncertain Future

One evening this May, about a dozen young adults and their families gathered with faculty of TerpsEXCEED, an inclusive two-year post-secondary education program at the University of Maryland for ...
University of Wyoming

Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

What are intellectual and developmental disabilities? Intellectual disability is a disability characterized by significant limitations in both intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior, which ...
The Conversation

What about the mental health of kids with intellectual disability?

The mental health problems of children with intellectual disabilities are largely undiagnosed and untreated. SriHarsha PVSS/Flickr, CC BY-NC-SA High-quality epidemiological research shows children and ...

Arizona's generous benefits for people with intellectual disabilities at risk from federal cuts

For years, people who care for loved ones with intellectual or developmental disabilities have known that Arizona offers some ...

People with intellectual disability continue to receive substandard healthcare as programme to train doctors risks closure

Sam Stubbs’s parents were asked about his quality of life while treating him for a lung infection. They realised it was because he was born with Down syndrome.
The Texas Tribune

U.S. Supreme Court denies Texas death row inmate’s intellectual disability claim

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday denied a Texas death row inmate’s request to present evidence that he is ineligible for execution because of his intellectual disability, despite rare support between ...
Psychology Today

Intellectual Disability (Intellectual Developmental Disorder)

Intellectual disability is a disorder marked by below-average intellectual function and a lack of skills necessary for independent daily living. The condition begins in the developmental period. The ...