Due to cited safety concerns and inadequate staff training, United Counseling Service has until March to address the issues in its group living homes.

Psychiatrists are often some of the main providers of care for people with autism and intellectual disability, but new research finds that many of these specialists have little training to meet the ...

Groups representing the nation’s doctors and dentists are committing to better prepare students in their fields to treat those with intellectual and developmental disabilities in a move that could ...

It all started with a manikin. When training her Yale School of Nursing (YSN) students in clinical skills, Christine Rodriguez will often use the human-shaped models in simulated health care ...

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 ...

TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) -The Lucas County Board of Developmental Disabilities hosted its Encounters with People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities training to help law enforcement better ...

AND HELPING TO FEED THOUSANDS ACROSS MARYLAND. >> WITH FOCUS IN HIS EYES, SHAWN HANEY CAREFULLY PREPS TODAY’S MENU ITEMS, OVEN BAKED CHICKEN. >> MOVE THEM CLOSER TOGETHER. >> IT IS A MOMENT SHARED ...

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 ...

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KJCT) - The Center for Independence, a nonprofit aiming to empower individuals with disabilities, received $7,500 Tuesday as part of a legal settlement. The legal battle ...

More Minnesotans with developmental and intellectual disabilities are aging and need more involved care, leaving more to soon need group homes and other residential facilities as their families, who ...