Indiana sees a spike in Medicaid waiver denials after new assessments rolled out. Families and advocates call on state to ...

Early epidemiological studies suggested that about two to four children per 10,000 were autistic. By 2000, when the U.S.

As artificial intelligence proliferates in American life, new research finds that the technology is poised to amplify ...

The number of people with the condition has increased rapidly in recent decades. Some researchers and clinicians worry that ...

Teenage activist Cara Darmody begins a 50-hour protest outside Leinster House over the delays families and children face in accessing assessments of need. Picture date: Tuesday July 14, 2026(Image: ...

This is one of those stories that will not go away, and a recent NYT article is fresh evidence of that. The title is: An Autism Breakthrough, or an Illusion? The Fight Over Assisted Spelling.” I ...

How families can preserve valuable inherited IRA stretch treatment for a child or grandchild who needs support but doesn’t qualify for SSI or SSDI.

An Ontario judge has sentenced a man to house arrest for sexually assaulting his biological sister, ruling that the mandatory minimum five-year sentence for incest with someone under 16 is ...

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

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In the past week, Kentuckians with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) have received very bad news from Gov.

The U.S. Supreme Court as seen from First Street SE in Washington, D.C. on May 14, 2026. (Kelsey Reichmann/Courthouse News) WASHINGTON (CN) — The Supreme Court declined Monday to hear a Texas man’s ...

The School of Nursing and Midwifery offers a four year nurse education course leading to a Bachelor of Science (Nursing) (Intellectual Disability Nursing). This innovative programme of nurse education ...