Fiona O’Leary from Killeens said her son, who turned 11 on Sunday, was refused entry when she went to drop him off at ...

The state is baring the history of generations of disabled people and the violence many faced while institutionalized.

Families say lack of therapy supports and staff resources remain unresolved as Carrigaline Community Special School prepares to reopen ...

Adults with IDDs face disproportionately higher rates of anxiety and depression and barriers to care, prompting researchers to characterize the situation as a ‘mental health crisis.’ ...

What was going to happen to their 31-year-old intellectually disabled sister when Caroline could no longer look after her? “I ...

The family of Fred Harris, a 19-year-old with intellectual disabilities murdered by a cellmate in the Harris County jail in 2021, has reached a settlement with the county for $1.25 million.

Attorneys for Melvin Trotter had long argued he was intellectually disabled, but he was put to death by lethal injection for a 1986 Palmetto killing.

As the authors note, Down syndrome offers a rare scientific advantage – because it is caused by a clearly defined genetic change present from conception, researchers can study brain tissue at the very ...

The head of HSE South-West says he has "empathy” for the situation of a Cork mother who dropped her intellectually disabled child to an emergency department, but described her actions as “not sensible ...

The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court has upheld the life sentence awarded by a trial court in Virudhunagar district to a pastor for sexually assaulting a girl with physical and intellectual ...

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 ...