Healio

People with intellectual disability have excess premature mortality

We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact customerservice@slackinc.com. The researchers sought to evaluate premature mortality ...
Disability Scoop

‘Profound Autism’ Accounts For More Than 1 In 4 Cases, CDC Finds

With a new report, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is tacitly embracing a recently coined autism classification and providing a first-of-its-kind breakdown on the number of kids on the ...
Disability Scoop

Federal Panel Pressured To Focus More On Profound Autism

Advocates for those with profound autism say that a committee tasked with guiding the federal government’s strategy on the developmental disability is largely ignoring the needs of this population. A ...
The Advocate

Here's how this agency has helped residents with developmental disabilities for 60 years

The agency’s chief operating officer and interim CEO, Nicole Harrison, and marketing director Karon Davis talked with Jan ...
The Conversation

Hospitals only note a person’s intellectual disability 20% of the time – so they don’t adjust their care

Adrian Raymond Walker currently works in the Department of Developmental Disability Neuropsychiatry at The University of New South Wales, Sydney. The department receives core funding from the NSW ...
Psychology Today

Intellectual Disability (Intellectual Developmental Disorder)

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 ...