It noted that 2018 Government of India Guidelines for disability assessment under Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, ...

A supreme court decision will determine whether the cruel, unconstitutional execution of people with intellectual disability becomes even more prevalent ...

The support staff from the nonprofit "Mainstay" helps those living with intellectual disabilities lead an independent ...

By John Kruzel WASHINGTON, May 21 (Reuters) - A man convicted of a 1997 murder in Alabama will be spared execution after the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday kept in place a judicial finding that the ...

People with intellectual disabilities are at higher risk for various health problems. In general, they tend to be engaged in less physical activity. In Canada and the U.S. alike, people with ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Most Americans with intellectual or developmental disabilities remain shut out of the workforce, despite changing attitudes and billions spent on government programs to help them.

With the stroke of a pen Tuesday afternoon, Gov. Brian Kemp signed into law a measure aimed at ensuring intellectually disabled people aren’t executed in Georgia. House Bill 123, which passed both ...

Oliver McGowan was 18 years old when he was hospitalized in England with recurrent seizures and pneumonia. He was autistic, and he and his parents had one specific request for the medical team: no ...

Sunday Strong's weeklong learn-to-ride camp brought together 20 to 30 individuals with intellectual disabilities for a day of ...

Court throws out state’s challenge to judicial finding that inmate convicted of murder is ineligible for death penalty ...

A divided Supreme Court has dismissed Alabama’s bid to be allowed to execute a convicted murderer who was found by lower ...