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 ...

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The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday once again found itself weighing the impact of intelligence testing and family and school influences on whether a state may execute a criminal defendant who is close ...

The psychiatry profession’s newly revised reference manual on mental disorders changes the definition and classification for many disabilities commonly seen in schools, but those changes—at times ...

CANTON – A man at the center of South Dakota's most high-profile pending death penalty case is now fighting to take the death penalty off the table in his trial, based on whether he is deemed to have ...

The harmful effects of inbreeding are well known by geneticists, and several studies have already reported cases of intellectual disability caused by recessive variants in consanguineous families.

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 ...