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 ...

What are intellectual and developmental disabilities? Intellectual disability is a disability characterized by significant limitations in both intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior, which ...

A recent report on employment for people with intellectual disabilities shows that the lack of work opportunities is due to systemic barriers not individual limitations. KALW’s Rachel Longan has more.

Brain disorders that cause intellectual disabilities and autism spectrum disorders may share common defects despite having different genetic causes, a study has found. A study of two models of ...

Intellectual disability causes significant limitations to a person’s intellectual functioning and adaptive behavior. Intellectual disability is also sometimes known as cognitive disability. An ...

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 ...

TORONTO, Dec. 15 /CNW/ - A gene involved in some forms of intellectual disability has been identified by scientists at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), as published this month in The ...