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

Federal officials say that a major university health care system will change its ways after denying a person with intellectual disability the opportunity to be placed on a transplant list. The U.S.

Intellectual disability causes significant limitations to a person’s intellectual functioning and adaptive behavior. Intellectual disability is also sometimes known as cognitive disability. An ...

For half a century, the U.S. has been achieving one of the most important civil rights victories most Americans have never heard of: closing the large institutions that once warehoused people with ...

Once again, the coronavirus has reared its ugly head, mutating, and beginning a deep dive into the willingly unvaccinated and those too young to obtain the vaccine. And again, we find ourselves ...

Gov. Josh Shapiro and his top human services official said Wednesday that the administration has a plan to end a waiting list of thousands of families who are considered to be in dire need of help for ...

FARGO — A psychiatrist on Friday, Feb. 1, added his voice to those of other experts who claim the man convicted in the 2003 kidnapping and killing of 22-year-old Dru Sjodin has an intellectual ...

Intellectual disabilities affect a child’s ability to learn and function at levels considered typical for their age. Learning disabilities affect a child’s ability to master specific skills, like ...

The Pennsylvania state Capitol in Harrisburg. More than 6,000 Pennsylvanians with intellectual disabilities or autism are on an “emergency” state waiting list: meaning they need services and supports ...

Thirteen-year-old Ryan Kelly was born with Down syndrome, as well as profound hearing and vision loss. Years ago, when his ...

The Hechinger Report covers one topic: education. Sign up for our newsletters to have stories delivered to your inbox. Consider becoming a member to support our nonprofit journalism. LOGAN, Utah — It ...

Once a common schoolyard insult, the R-word had largely vanished from mainstream speech until recently. President Donald ...