The pandemic has revealed some truths: A lack of mental health providers to sufficiently meet the needs of those in crisis (including providers of color); and the stress that COVID-19 has introduced ...

When we want to go to the store, most of us lace up our sneakers, grab our car keys and head out the door. But for people with intellectual disabilities living in residential group homes and supported ...

Whether disparities in disability identification in U.S. elementary schools are currently occurring is an important question to answer. Most of the available work has been unable to compare students ...

The judge had so much to weigh, it seemed. Declarations from the psychiatrist and therapist saying no, not yet: Ryan Morris is still vulnerable, adjusting to a new home with his biological family for ...

Although the home environment is known to influence behavior problems in children with developmental disabilities (DD), the precise contributions of specific domains remained unquantified, hindering ...

"Judge delivers justice for Black student with disabilities cuffed by school police, issues scathing order. Must-read story!" ...

Virtually everyone agrees that students should be safe at schools, but opinions vary on how to accomplish that goal. Some think the idea of “hardening schools” — or adding more security measures ...

Advocates say Arizonans with intellectual and developmental disabilities are getting shortchanged by a crisis response system that lacks the training to meet their needs. Too often, the mental health ...

According to the Justice Department, Oklahoma unnecessarily institutionalizes adults with behavioral health disabilities in the Oklahoma County area, in violation of Title II of the Americans with ...

A woman with muscular dystrophy was left shocked after finding a printed card on the windscreen of her parked car at the local shopping mall. “I parked on the level for Woolworths and Aldi in a ...