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

Scientists at Northwestern University near Chicago have made a significant stride in the quest to understand autism and other intellectual disabilities. Researchers at the school published a study in ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Independent Specialist Mental Health Pharmacist and PhD Candidate, University of Warwick We are all feeling more anxious than usual. We may be worried about accessing food and services, going to work, ...

Continuing Education Credits: up to 11 hours, through American Psychological Association (APA), Pennsylvania State Board of Social Work (PA SBSW), or International Accreditors for Continuing Education ...

This time can be hard for those with children, especially children with intellectual disabilities. So how can you explain to them what's going on? We ask Dr. Daniel Hoover from the Kennedy Krieger ...

Using visualization requires people to read abstract visual imagery, estimate statistics and retain information. However, people with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (IDD) often process ...