Joseph Admire plays Connect Four with volunteer Daisy Hayes during a session of Franklin Friends at the Franklin Cultural Arts & Recreation Center. Franklin Friends is a new monthly program for adults ...

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 ...

Inside the New Covenant United Church of Christ in Williamsport, you will find the PA Connect Adaptive Activities Center, a place where adults 18 and up with intellectual disabilities and the ...

Healthcare organizations operate in environments characterized by regulatory intensity, professional pluralism, technological disruption, and chronic resource constraints—conditions well described by ...

A new study finds the NIH Toolbox Cognition Battery is a promising option for measuring cognitive change in people with intellectual disability. A major challenge in testing new therapies for people ...

A new study by the UC Davis MIND Institute's David Hessl will test whether a smartphone-based app may help improve the accuracy of data in some clinical trials involving individuals with intellectual ...

For people with autism—especially those with intellectual disabilities, or others with extensive support needs—communicating needs and ideas can be difficult. Many rely on intense individualized ...

This article is being published in conjunction with a special October 2022 issue of the Health Affairs journal dedicated entirely to Disability and Health. There are numerous health inequities for ...

2021 NOV 24 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Mental Health News Daily-- Investigators publish new report on Developmental Diseases and Conditions - Intellectual Disability.

Of child deaths in England over the last three years, 15% are related to infection, according to a new report published on 14 December by the University of Bristol's National Child Mortality Database ...