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 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 ...

NEWS. THE LATEST NUMBERS FROM THE CDC FINDS AUTISM AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES ARE ON THE RISE. A DOCTOR WHO SPECIALIZES IN THIS FIELD SAYS THOSE PATIENTS FACE A SERIOUS GAP IN HEALTH CARE SERVICES ...

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 ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. (FOX40.COM) — Governor Gavin Newsom ...

OPPORTUNITIES. I LOVE GARDENING. GLORIA EDIE DOESN’T MIND GETTING HER HANDS DIRTY AT ALL. IN FACT, SHE ENJOYS EVERYTHING IT TAKES TO GROW. VEGETABLES LIKE PLANTING. LIKE. GETTING THE DIRT AND. PLANT, ...

This article is being published in conjunction with a special October 2022 issue of the Health Affairs journal dedicated entirely to Disability and Health. There are numerous health inequities for ...

READING, Pa. – The Berks County Commissioners on Thursday recognized March as Intellectual and Developmental Disability Month. Pam Seaman, the county’s administrator of mental health and developmental ...

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 ...