Both genetic and acquired factors contribute to the onset of intellectual disability (ID), and people with ID are presumed to be at a higher risk of developing dementia. It is also understood that a ...

News 8 spoke with the University of Iowa researcher behind the study and what he hopes these findings mean for our ...

IEC partners with people with lived experience of IDD and healthcare leaders to change the way healthcare is taught, ...

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

Sam Stubbs’s parents were asked about his quality of life while treating him for a lung infection. They realised it was ...

Eating cookies with friends is better for you than eating broccoli alone, and the science backs this up. According to a 2023 report published by the U.S. surgeon general, our nation is facing a crisis ...

Many people with intellectual disability are diagnosed with cancer when it has already spread (metastasized) and the odds of survival are lower. Intellectual disability is a lifelong condition that ...

Adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities, such as autism and Down syndrome, experience substantially higher rates of anxiety and depression than the general population of adults, ...

Different levels of risk for HIV exist in the different subtypes of intellectual and developmental disabilities. Patients with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) are at a unique risk ...

The Learning Center of Northeast Arkansas is launching a campaign to build 20 apartments for adults with autism and ...

The Amherst Public Library, 221 Spring St., recently hosted its monthly Library Time: An Adapted Storytime for Adults with Intellectual Disabilities program. The program, which takes place the last ...

A Massachusetts nonprofit is making sure everyone has a community and purpose, helping people with disabilities live more independent lives. The Road to Responsibility houses and employs more than ...