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 ...

A major study of children with intellectual disabilities has highlighted the additional challenges that they often face, including a much-increased likelihood of being diagnosed as autistic, as well ...

The legisation followed a report by NJ Advance Media which uncovered the abuse and medical neglect of a young woman with ...

Attention in planning for family members with disabilities pays long-term benefits that are worth the investment.

Pregnant women “should feel reassured that they still have a safe option to relieve them of their symptoms,” said the study’s ...

The estimated prevalence of autism among 8-year-olds in a New Jersey study more than tripled during a 6-year period, including a fivefold increase in children with autism who do not have a ...

A new recommendation from a leading medical association is urging children with intellectual disability, developmental delay and other congenital anomalies to undergo genetic testing. The American ...

61 million adult Americans live with some sort of physical, sensory, or intellectual disability. When parents receive the news—prenatally or postnatally—that their child may have some form of a ...

The partnership aims to enhance the quality of educational and developmental services for children with intellectual ...

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has apologized for calling children with intellectual disabilities “retarded” after receiving criticism for using the term, which is medically outdated and ...

A review found no link between Tylenol and autism, ADHD, or intellectual disability despite Trump's remarks and FDA warnings ...

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