Intellectual disability causes significant limitations to a person’s intellectual functioning and adaptive behavior. Intellectual disability is also sometimes known as cognitive disability. An ...

When your child grows up, they may be able to work a job that complements their level of ID, live independently, and support themselves. Support services are available to help adults with ID live ...

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 ...

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 ...

Most of Spain's basketball players at Sydney 2000 had no intellectual disability In some Paralympic sports, the athletes' disabilities are visible - when they run on blades or use a wheelchair, for ...

Karen R Fisher receives funding from NHMRC. She is a member of Neami Research Committee. Erin Louise Whittle receives an Australian Government Research Training Program Scholarship. Julian Trollor ...

Disability advocates are speaking out as the U.S. Supreme Court prepares to take on a case that hinges on whether a diagnosis of intellectual disability should be based on more than an IQ score. The ...

Australians with intellectual disability continue to experience unconscious bias in the medical system and much poorer health outcomes than people without disability. On average, they die 27 years ...

The U.S. Supreme Court is set to hear arguments in a case that advocates say could have major implications for how intellectual disability is defined. The high court will consider Hamm v. Smith on ...

Intellectual functioning. Also known as IQ, this refers to a person’s ability to learn, reason, make decisions, and solve problems. Adaptive behaviors. These are skills necessary for day-to-day life, ...