A new study is among the first to estimate the number of adults in the U.S. with intellectual disability, offering policymakers and other stakeholders a snapshot of the need for resources. Just shy of ...

More Minnesotans with developmental and intellectual disabilities are aging and need more involved care, leaving more to soon ...

Gracious Grounds has begun construction of Ability Way, an $18.5 million, 77-unit independent living community for adults ...

People with intellectual disabilities, such as those with Down syndrome or fetal alcohol spectrum disorder, have historically had shorter life expectancies than the general population, but data from a ...

Disability rights advocates warn that a pending Supreme Court of the United States case could reshape how intellectual ...

A combination of missed prevention opportunities and health inequalities can result in the early deaths of people living with ...

Despite what President Trump said at a press conference Thursday — “They can be air traffic controllers” — that’s not how disability hiring works, says Chai Feldblum, a disability lawyer and former ...

Disability rights groups argue that a new guardianship law creates a two-tier system that strips people with intellectual ...

This essay is a Cover Story selection, a weekly feature highlighting the top picks from the editors of America Media. When I visit St. Thérèse of Lisieux Church in Cresskill, N.J., in April, people ...

Samantha Duggan "loves" working at Mr. Price but feels many people with intellectual disabilities are being overlooked by ...