Guest Blogger: Carly Rodgers, M.S. An intellectual disability, the most common developmental disability, is a term used in reference to an individual who has certain limitations in mental functioning ...

Using visualization requires people to read abstract visual imagery, estimate statistics and retain information. However, people with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (IDD) often process ...

People with intellectual disabilities are at higher risk for various health problems. In general, they tend to be engaged in less physical activity. In Canada and the U.S. alike, people with ...

The mechanisms underlying intellectual disabilities or autism remain largely unknown. Researchers in the labs of Prof. Pierre Vanderhaeghen and Prof. Vincent Bonin at the VIB-KU Leuven Center for ...

Children with intellectual disabilities are not only more likely to be victims of sexual abuse but are also more susceptible to its harmful effects. "We already knew that children with intellectual ...

Last month, a Baltimore County judge ordered the Maryland Department of Health to pay over $600,000 for its failure to meet the needs of people in the criminal legal system who have intellectual ...

When people think of disabilities, they usually picture something physical: a cane, a prosthetic, or a ramp outside a school. Intellectual disabilities, however, lack that kind of visibility. As a ...

People with intellectual disabilities and developmental disorders are three times more likely to die of Covid-19, compared with patients without the conditions, a new analysis found. By Roni Caryn ...