Correspondent photo / John Patrick Gatta Beyond Expectations Barber School student Robert McCrae of Youngstown, left, supervises as Erika Mike of Boardman uses an air hose to blow off cut hair from ...

On any given day in Iowa City, scientists are parsing DNA samples to deduce which of the more than 20,000 human genes are most associated with autism. "SPARK for Autism" researchers, including Jacob ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – A bill in the Ohio Statehouse seeks to establish a presumption that all adults with developmental disabilities are capable of making their own decisions unless otherwise ...

Parents of children with life-impacting learning disabilities, neurological or developmental disorders and/or physical conditions – face myriad challenges associated with raising them. Aside from the ...

Registration opens at 10 a.m. for the fifth annual Step into Spring. The walk starts at 10:30 a.m. at the Richland Mall in Ontario. Richland Newhope, Richland Public Health, Richland County Children ...

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 ...

Crystal Waters (left) and Sara Steimle (right) are the first appointees with developmental disabilities to serve on the Stark County Board of Developmental Disabilities and Cuyahoga County Board of ...

Sexual health can be a challenging topic for children, caregivers and health care practitioners to navigate. Like all young people, children with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) are ...

Dr. Paul Lipkin specializes in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities and Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics at the Kennedy Krieger Institute in Baltimore, where he directs medical outpatient services.

This essay is a Cover Story selection, a weekly feature highlighting the top picks from the editors of America Media. When I visit St. Thérèse of Lisieux Church in Cresskill, N.J., in April, people ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. ALBION, Pa. (AP) — “You are the Lighthouse ...