Trump's actions signal a move toward institutionalizing people with disabilities, advocates warn

For decades, disabled people have fought for their rights to go to school and live alongside peers without disabilities ...
The Texas Tribune

U.S. Supreme Court denies Texas death row inmate’s intellectual disability claim

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation

People with intellectual disability continue to receive substandard healthcare as program to train doctors risks closure

The day Sam Stubbs decided he was so unwell he needed to go to hospital was the day before he was due to do a triathlon. And right up until the point that his parents, Chris and Debra, took him to ...
The New York Times

Justices Decline to Rule in Death Penalty Case Over Intellectual Disabilities

An Alabama man challenged his death sentence after a murder conviction because of his varying results in a series of I.Q. tests. By Ann E. Marimow Reporting from Washington A splintered Supreme Court ...
Frontiers

Improving the health of people with intellectual disability: past progress and future directions

Over the past decades substantial progress has been made in addressing health disparities of people with intellectual disability. The “era of awareness” (pre-2005) identified a “cascade of disparities ...
Healio

Intellectual, developmental disabilities linked to greater anxiety, depression risks

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Adults with IDD used more medications for anxiety and depression than adults without IDD. Adults with IDD ...
The New York Times

The ‘R-Word’ Returns, Dismaying Those Who Fought to Oust It

The term, long considered a slur for those with intellectual disabilities, is seeing a resurgence on social media and across the political right. By Dan Barry and Sonia A. Rao Late last month, a woman ...
The Washington Post

Supreme Court wrestles with death penalty in cases of intellectual disabilities

The Supreme Court on Wednesday wrestled with whether to allow Alabama to execute a man with low cognitive function, a ruling that could set new rules for states to condemn those with borderline ...
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[Expert Commentary] An Overview of Learning Disabilities (Specific Learning Disorder): Systematically Understanding Definitions, Characteristics, Support, and Systems

1. What are Learning Disabilities (LD / Specific Learning Disorder)? Learning Disabilities (LD) are developmental disorders in which significant difficulties occur in specific areas such as reading, ...
Disability Scoop

Supreme Court To Weigh How Intellectual Disability Is Defined

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 ...