Intellectual disability is a condition in which your brain doesn’t develop properly or function within the normal range. Learn about symptoms and causes.

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 ...

Intellectual disability was observed to be much more likely in alcohol-related problems during pregnancy, where the risk was five and three times higher depending on whether it was the mother or ...

CAMBRIDGE, MA -- MIT scientists have identified a potential new strategy for treating Fragile X syndrome, a disorder that is the leading heritable cause of intellectual disability and autism. In a ...

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 ...

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 ...

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SYNGAP1-related disorders (SRDs) are rare neurodevelopmental conditions characterized by a wide range of symptoms, including intellectual disability, epilepsy, motor deficits and increased risk-taking ...