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 ...

Developmental delays can affect a child’s physical, cognitive, communication, social, emotional, or behavioral skills. Often, delays affect more than one area of development. When a child has delays ...

Adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities, such as autism and Down syndrome, experience substantially higher rates of anxiety and depression than the general population of adults, ...

News 8 spoke with the University of Iowa researcher behind the study and what he hopes these findings mean for our ...

Intellectual or developmental disability, known as IDD, affects approximately 7.39 million people in the United States, according to a 2019 estimate by the University of Minnesota. Typically present ...

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 ...

Elawa Farm Foundation in Lake Forest had an admirable goal—to have 10 % of its workforce made up of individuals with ...

IEC partners with people with lived experience of IDD and healthcare leaders to change the way healthcare is taught, ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . 22% of patients with inpatient care for more than a year had an IDD. Long-stay patients with IDD had more ...

Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: NBIX) today announced new clinician-reported data in patients with intellectual and developmental disabilities demonstrating meaningful and rapid improvements in ...

Oliver McGowan was 18 years old when he was hospitalized in England with recurrent seizures and pneumonia. He was autistic, and he and his parents had one specific request for the medical team: no ...