To increase efficiency and client choice, Luzerne County’s Mental Health and Developmental Services Department plans to stop providing in-house case management for those with intellectual 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 ...

Intellectual disability is most often caused by changes to the genome that take place in early fetal development and are not found in the parents' DNA. This is why the risk of recurrence in the next ...

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 ...

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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 ...

More Minnesotans with developmental and intellectual disabilities are aging and need more involved care, leaving more to soon ...

When Drew Harrison was in prison, just sitting in his cell overloaded his senses. To dim the fluorescent lights, he covered the bulbs with toothpaste or paper. To mask overwhelming odors, he wrapped ...

Dehydration is defined as the lack of sufficient body water and fluids. 17 Dehydration may occur due to inadequate intake of fluids or loss of fluids. This is a common problem experienced by patients ...