The U.S. Supreme Court is set to hear arguments in a case that advocates say could have major implications for how intellectual disability is defined. The high court will consider Hamm v. Smith on ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Eating cookies with friends is better for you than eating broccoli alone, and the science backs this up. According to a 2023 report published by the U.S. surgeon general, our nation is facing a crisis ...

Scientists have uncovered a rare genetic cause of intellectual disability in a historically overlooked part of the human genome: so-called junk DNA. This knowledge could someday help to diagnose some ...

Research Fellow, Youth Mental Health and Technology Team (Mental Health, Culture, and Global Child Development Research Stream), University of Sydney Susan Collings does not work for, consult, own ...