Research finds health disparities among people with IDD. Racial and ethnic health disparities are a pervasive public health problem. Research finds similar health disparities among people with ...

In Why Community Can Be Just as Important as Care, Supportive Living Services Expert Melissa Fields explains how intentional community building transforms lives through connection, belonging, and ...

Adrian Raymond Walker currently works in the Department of Developmental Disability Neuropsychiatry at The University of New South Wales, Sydney. The department receives core funding from the NSW ...

When you think about where people with intellectual disabilities live, what do you picture? Do you see a woman in a wheelchair living in her own house? Do you see several hundred people with ...

Elaine Nash used to work with Professor Richard Bruggemann when he was CEO of Intellectual Disability Services Council (IDSC). This story is part of The Conversation's Breaking the Cycle series, which ...

Deb Hipp is a freelance health and medical writer and editor who lives in Kansas City, Missouri. She is a former investigative reporter with more than 25 years of experience as a journalist and writer ...

Shared living arrangements offer an alternative to institutional living, providing individuals with disabilities a sense of community integration, independence, and tailored support through living ...

Countless plastic bags and black boxes surround Nick Frey, 42, inside a Fort Worth building. He is focused on his job. Earlier that day, Frey and his coworkers spent the morning putting together Bollé ...

It has been said that everyone is equal, but some are more equal than others. People living with intellectual disabilities are learning that there’s some truth behind this statement. A social media ...

Henry and Elizabeth Lahrmann were born with severe neurological damage. As infants, they were diagnosed with profound intellectual disabilities and suffered from West Syndrome, a seizure disorder.

A combination of missed prevention opportunities and health inequalities can result in the early deaths of people living with epilepsy and intellectual disabilities, a study has shown. Around 1.2 ...