Intellectual disability is a disorder marked by below-average intellectual function and a lack of skills necessary for independent daily living. The condition begins in the developmental period. The ...

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.’ ...

Raley earned this prestigious title for her contributions to the field of intellectual disability while maintaining active leadership roles within the AAIDD.

Mary Rosen shows how much paperwork she's had to fill out to help her son with an intellectual disability access services like housing. (alexis weisend/The Columbian) When Mary Rosen, 74, passes ...

Adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities experience strikingly higher rates of anxiety and depression, along with persistent barriers to mental health care.

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, ...

Oliver McGowan was 18 years old when he was hospitalized in England with recurrent seizures and pneumonia. He was autistic, and he and his parents had one specific request for the medical team: no ...

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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Intellectual and developmental disability service organizations are bracing for potential cuts to Medicaid and Medicare from the federal government. About 3.9 million Illinoisans ...

A program from Melton and Matan adapts Torah, prayer and holiday study for learners long left out of formal adult education.