Richard Hastings receives funding from Cerebra and several government health research funders in the UK. He is affiliated with the charities Mencap, Sibs, Cerebra, and Ambitious about Autism. Bruce ...

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 ...

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

Intellectual disability can be prevented by identifying the risk factors and causes. Measures can be taken in early life to prevent the condition in some cases. Intellectual disability can be ...

Minister of Social Development and Seniors Tinee Furbert provided an overview of the Government’s five-year National Plan for Adults with Intellectual Disabilities. Speaking in the House of Assembly ...

The US Supreme Court on Tuesday, December 10, heard oral argument in Hamm vs. Smith, a capital case that could reshape how courts evaluate intellectual disability under Atkins v. Virginia and its ...

Researchers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are offering up a new estimate of the number of American children with intellectual disability. In a study looking at 8-year-olds in ...

Gracious Grounds is building an $18.4 million housing project to help dozens of adults with intellectual disabilities secure ...

Disability rights advocates have warned that a Supreme Court case involving death row inmates could have serious consequences ...

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 ...