Unnecessary mentions of a person’s disease, disability, or other health condition may introduce bias. In addition, because there is a broad range of disabilities, diseases, and mental illnesses, if it ...

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 ...

Parents of children with life-impacting learning disabilities, neurological or developmental disorders and/or physical conditions – face myriad challenges associated with raising them. Aside from the ...

Scientists have identified the genetic basis of a disorder causing intellectual disability, affecting approximately one in 20,000 young people. The disorder is characterized by symptoms including ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Among Medicaid beneficiaries with opioid use disorder, those with a disability were less likely to receive ...

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine are private, nonprofit institutions that provide expert advice on some of the most pressing challenges facing the nation and world. Our ...

Most people over 50 were already adults when the Americans with Disabilities Act took effect in 1992 and transformed the ...

The Los Angeles County Public Defender's Office has an unusual unit at its office: A team dedicated to working with ...

By Ricardo Brito, Manuela Andreoni and Adriano Machado SAI CINZA, Brazil (Reuters) -Deep in the Amazon, Indigenous women say ...

Veterans advocates and Democrats criticized a Washington Post report saying it cherry-picked cases from millions of rightful ...

Over the last several decades, much of the world has made significant progress in how it views and responds to the affliction ...