People with intellectual disability are being hospitalized for conditions that could have been adequately managed in primary care or through prevention—at a rate 3.5 to 4.5 times higher than the ...

Bengaluru: The High Court of Karnataka has permitted a 'Total Abdominal Hysterectomy' to be performed on a 23-year-old woman ...

New research has revealed a confronting life-expectancy gap for people with intellectual disability in NSW, highlighting persistent and preventable inequities in health outcomes. The research, Life ...

NEWS. THE LATEST NUMBERS FROM THE CDC FINDS AUTISM AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES ARE ON THE RISE. A DOCTOR WHO SPECIALIZES IN THIS FIELD SAYS THOSE PATIENTS FACE A SERIOUS GAP IN HEALTH CARE SERVICES ...

People with intellectual disability experience some of the greatest health disparities in Australia due to mainstream health services being ill-equipped to meet their needs. The poor health profile ...

Globally, 78 million people (1% of the population) have intellectual disability [1]. Diagnostic genomic technologies are revolutionising our understanding of the underlying causes of over 50% of ...

People with intellectual disability only have their disability noted by hospital staff in one in every five hospital admissions, our new study shows. Recognising someone has a disability is critical ...

Increased Medicaid reimbursement rates for mental health practitioners who serve individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Integration of disability status into routine public ...

For years, people who care for loved ones with intellectual or developmental disabilities have known that Arizona offers some ...

The Office of Legal Counsel opinion released Thursday said states aren't required by law to integrate mentally disabled ...

The Karnataka High Court judgment last week was the latest instance of courts’ intervention in decisions that often involve ...