Union-Bulletin

Walla Walla group to build neighborhood for adults with disabilities

The neighborhood, which is estimated to cost about $10 million to build, will be built in east Walla Walla and accommodate up ...
Disability Scoop

Feds Look To Address Disability Discrimination In Organ Transplants

Following years of concerns about people with disabilities being denied organ transplants, federal officials are seeking public comment and Congress could be poised to do something about it too.

The pending Supreme Court decision that worries disability rights groups

Is an intellectual disability a condition, or a number on an IQ test? Here's why an Alabama death penalty case at the Supreme ...
Forbes

Supporting Older Adults With Intellectual Disabilities: A Growing Imperative For Leaders

People with intellectual disabilities, such as those with Down syndrome or fetal alcohol spectrum disorder, have historically had shorter life expectancies than the general population, but data from a ...
The Greeley Tribune

‘We don’t look at disability’: Project SEARCH helps young adults transition from school to work

High school graduations begin this week for students in Weld County school districts, leaving the young adults to take the next step of their lives: additional schooling, into the military or into the ...
WXII 12 NEWS

People with intellectual or developmental disabilities face big gap in health care services, doctor says

NEWS. THE LATEST NUMBERS FROM THE CDC FINDS AUTISM AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES ARE ON THE RISE. A DOCTOR WHO SPECIALIZES IN THIS FIELD SAYS THOSE PATIENTS FACE A SERIOUS GAP IN HEALTH CARE SERVICES ...
University of Wyoming

Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

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

Living with Intellectual or Developmental Disabilities (IDD)

Research finds health disparities among people with IDD. Racial and ethnic health disparities are a pervasive public health problem. Research finds similar health disparities among people with ...
The Conversation

People with intellectual disability have a right to sexuality – but their families have concerns

Callista Kahonde receives funding from the National Research Foundation Innovation Postdoctoral Fellowship. She is a postdoctoral fellow at Stellenbosch University, Centre for Disability and ...
UPI

More children without intellectual disabilities diagnosed with autism

Autism cases are surging in the New York-New Jersey metro area, mainly fueled by the diagnosis of autistic children who don't have intellectual disabilities, a new study reports. The percentage of ...
Health Affairs

Advancing Health Equity For People With Intellectual And Developmental Disabilities

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 ...