Kolhapur: The Bombay high court’s Kolhapur bench has permitted a 26-year-old rape survivor with moderate intellectual ...

Hyderabad-based NGO Swayamkrushi celebrated 35 years of supporting persons with intellectual disabilities through education, ...

Over the past three-and-a-half decades, Swayamkrushi has emerged as one of the country’s pioneering organisations working ...

Democrats in the Senate and House are investigating the origins of a DOJ legal opinion that would make it easier for states ...

Emily Kasanga’s family always gathered for celebrations, younger sister Ashley Kasanga said. Though Emily Kasanga lived in a group home due to a moderate intellectual disability and other disorders, ...

The family of a woman who died of choking while in the care of a state-licensed Rolling Meadows group home is suing over her death, alleging in a complaint that the home and a worker failed to ...

A ruling by the Karnataka High Court permitting a hysterectomy for a young woman with profound intellectual disabilities has ...

my eldest son, who attends a Type A employment support office, had an incident where he ran out of the facility. Up until now, he has been scolded for how he does his work and Finally, he writes down ...

Editor’s note: This story has been updated to clarify the role of transplant centers. We regret the error. Unfortunately, individuals with disabilities face ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Disability advocates say recent Trump administration moves — from shifting special education oversight to HHS to ...

In a rare instance, the High Court of Karnataka has permitted a 23-year-old woman with severe intellectual and development disabilities to undergo total abdominal hysterectomy, ruling that the ...

The Karnataka High Court has allowed a hysterectomy for a 23-year-old woman with severe intellectual disabilities after concluding that she lacked the capacity to make an informed decision and that ...