Georgians with intellectual disabilities such as Down syndrom and autism spectrum disorder are particularly vulnerable today amid the loneliness epidemic in the U.S.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – The Florida Supreme Court on Thursday overturned a death sentence for an intellectually disabled murderer, following a seminal U.S. Supreme Court decision in the case. Freddie Lee ...

The COVID 19 pandemic has brought Americans hard lessons in fear and isolation. But it also has laid bare other long-simmering pandemics — racism, inequities in health care, divisiveness, hidden ...

Hospitality employers and individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities can mutually benefit when hotels employ these workers, according to research from Penn State University’s School ...

The Los Angeles County Public Defender's Office has an unusual unit at its office: A team dedicated to working with ...

In a release, officials said Izabella Colonna was last seen at her home in the 3000 block of McDonald Road on Tuesday night.

A new version of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders released this month includes changes to the definitions of both autism and intellectual disability that experts say will ...

HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — A Texas man who claimed an intellectual disability in a late attempt at a reprieve was executed Wednesday evening for the killing of a woman who was jogging near her Houston ...

Two mutations identified in individuals with developmental and epileptic brain disease can be traced back to the same ion channel. Researchers have now elucidated how both independent mutations affect ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) — State representatives hope to create a more equitable system for incarcerated people with disabilities to have education and job opportunities. Anyone entering the Illinois ...