For too long, people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) have had to navigate a healthcare system that wasn’t built for them. Rushed appointments, providers who aren’t trained in ...

The U.S. Social Security Administration has requested that the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine conduct a study to (1) provide an overview of ways to collect information about ...

Lecturer in Speech Pathology, School of Allied Health, Human Services and Sport; Research Affiliate in the Centre for Research Excellence in Aphasia Recovery and Rehabilitation, La Trobe University ...

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 ...

Disabled adults face more obstacles in building credit and maintaining financial health than non-disabled adults. For example, adults with disabilities are less likely to be approved for and hold a ...

Nearly half of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's staff working on developmental disabilities and birth defects was laid off this month, multiple officials tell CBS News, wiping out ...