The Los Angeles County Public Defender's Office has an unusual unit at its office: A team dedicated to working with defendants who have cognitive disabilities. The office helps these people access ...

Intellectual disabilities affect a child’s ability to learn and function at levels considered typical for their age. Learning disabilities affect a child’s ability to master specific skills, like ...

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 ...

Autistic individuals often rely on Medicaid for insurance, but the transition to adulthood can, and often does, impact their enrollment status. In continuing to examine how autistic individuals use ...

A hearing on the defense's intellectual disability claim is Oct. 6 before Marcelle Waldon is sentenced in the 2020 Lakeland double murders.

The ruling found Waldon did not meet the legal criteria for an intellectual disability, which would have made him ineligible.

The Joliet Police Department is asking the public’s help with finding a missing woman who may have taken a Metra train to ...

Some in the disability employment sector say they are operating in an increasingly complex and changing environment, and that there is a need for a clear way forward for organisations supporting ...

The nation's largest retailer is facing legal action after supervisors allegedly harassed employees with intellectual ...

A recent report finds that people with intellectual and developmental disabilities across Pa. continue to encounter ...

An intellectually disabled Oak Park man accused of threatening federal officers at a protest outside the Broadview ...