BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Families and loved ones of children who may have developmental disabilites can get extra support during a webinar scheduled for Monday, July 15. The webinar is being put on ...

HARRISONBURG, Va. (WHSV) - March is Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month to raise awareness of developmental disabilities and the challenges people with them can face. While nonverbal learning ...

What are intellectual and developmental disabilities? Intellectual disability is a disability characterized by significant limitations in both intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior, which ...

New research finds that people with developmental disabilities were much more likely to die from COVID-19 at the height of the pandemic than others. A review of death certificates nationwide for 2020 ...

University's NCED advances disability services, research and training across Nevada, supporting families, students and inclusive communities statewide.

The number of children with developmental disabilities is on the rise with new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention showing that nearly 1 in 11 kids are diagnosed with autism, ...

Since 1987, March has been designated Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month in the US. This month recognizes individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) and the barriers ...

This article is being published in conjunction with a special October 2022 issue of the Health Affairs journal dedicated entirely to Disability and Health. There are numerous health inequities for ...

Recent challenges with Medicaid waivers for people with developmental disabilities are among the problems that have been building up at state health agencies over the last year. (Photo by Danielle J.

From 2017 through 2023, roughly 2,680 people with developmental disabilities died under the care of the state of Missouri — on average, one person every day. This story was commissioned by the River ...