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 ...

When your child grows up, they may be able to work a job that complements their level of ID, live independently, and support themselves. Support services are available to help adults with ID live ...

Amie O'Shea receives funding from the National Disability Research Partnership and the Department of Social Services (Information, Linkages and Capacity Building program) Diana Piantedosi is an ...

A new study is among the first to estimate the number of adults in the U.S. with intellectual disability, offering policymakers and other stakeholders a snapshot of the need for resources. Just shy of ...

Disability advocates are speaking out as the U.S. Supreme Court prepares to take on a case that hinges on whether a diagnosis of intellectual disability should be based on more than an IQ score. The ...

One of the greatest concerns parents of individuals with intellectual disability have is how will their loved one be cared for, or how their loved one will care for themselves, when they — as parents ...

The major challenges faced by persons with intellectual disability generally is the problem of stereotyping. Disability Stereotyping bears when the society make assumptions, often times wrongly, about ...

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

Mysterious aircraft, inflation rates, extreme weather patterns, lingering viruses... We’ve been on edge with reminders of all the things that are outside of our control. In times such as these, it’s ...