The family of Fred Harris, a 19-year-old with intellectual disabilities murdered by a cellmate in the Harris County jail in ...

Dr Andy Phillips, the regional executive officer for the South-West, said it was 'clearly difficult' for him to comment on an individual case ...

Some children were prescribed as many as seven different drugs, while non-medical treatments were almost entirely absent at a child and adolescent health service. A major review of North Kerry Camhs ...

New research has revealed a confronting life-expectancy gap for people with intellectual disability in NSW, highlighting persistent and preventable inequities in health outcomes. The research, Life ...

Introduction the birth of a child with an intellectual disability requires the definition of the parents' roles in relation to the care of the child. Objective evaluate how much parental care ...

The Supreme Court on Wednesday grappled with where the line should be drawn on intellectual disability when the death penalty is on the table in a case that could make it harder for convicted killers ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. On Wednesday, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in Hamm v. Smith, a death ...

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 ...

State officials are investigating a complaint from a legal nonprofit that Johnston County Public Schools kept a high school student with autism out of school or away from their peers in violation of ...

A group of Maryland residents are alleging that Maryland's Medicaid system is unfairly cutting off care to people with disabilities. In a class action lawsuit filed in Montgomery County Circuit Court ...