For half a century, the U.S. has been achieving one of the most important civil rights victories most Americans have never heard of: closing the large institutions that once warehoused people with ...

The U.S. Supreme Court is set to hear arguments in a case that advocates say could have major implications for how ...

CEO Calls for Greater Awareness and Community Action to Improve Outcomes for Individuals With Complex Needs JACKSON, TN / ACCESS Newswire / December 2, 2025 / Capitol City Residential Health Care CEO ...

Adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities in Pueblo now have access to the city’s first sensory room designed ...

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

After the widespread success of state insurance mandates for autism treatment, a grassroots effort is underway to do the same for other developmental disabilities. This summer, Missouri became the ...

Aaron Bass likes some things about Shapiro Developmental Center, a home he shares with some 500 others on a site along the Kankakee River that first housed Illinois residents with disabilities nearly ...

The coronavirus pandemic has had an especially harsh impact on people with intellectual and developmental disabilities – and they need special support, a group of specialists argued Friday in a letter ...

People with developmental disability are nearly three times as likely than other patients to experience preventable physical injuries while in hospital, reveals new research by the London School of ...

“The UN Flagship Report on Disability and Development 2018 – Realizing the SDGs by, for and with persons with disabilities shows that people with disabilities are at a disadvantage regarding most ...

Increased service demands and outside mandates are putting pressure on the Developmental Disabilities Board budget forcing them to ask voters to support a new tax levy.

Discover what’s next. In Bethel’s Developmental Disabilities License program, you’ll gain the skills to more effectively serve students with a range of intellectual disabilities. You’ll learn about a ...