A state committee tasked with evaluating New Hampshire’s disability care system has launched a formal review and scheduled a ...

The Illinois Department of Public health has confirmed a case of Legionnaires’ disease at the state-run Shapiro Developmental ...

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

Researchers are uncovering how disrupted glutamatergic synapses drive diverse forms of intellectual disability, revealing new ...

Modern maternity care often falls short in providing the steady, attentive support that birthing women need and deserve.

A wider public conversation has arisen over whether it's time for a shift in how we think about categories of autism, amid ...

WASHINGTON – After the Supreme Court in 2002 said inmates who are intellectually disabled can't be executed, prosecutors largely stopped seeking the death penalty for defendants with clear ...

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), diabetes is on the rise nationwide, recently reaching as high as 830 million in 2022. However, an overlooked group that experiences higher rates of ...

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 ...

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LAWRENCE COUNTY, Ohio (WSAZ) - Voters in Lawrence County on Tuesday voted down a ballot measure that would have provided additional tax money for the Lawrence County Board of Developmental ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio – Cuyahoga County’s Board of Developmental Disabilities is running out of money. The board operates largely on one 3.9-mill continuous property tax levy that voters approved in 2005 on ...