Approximately 1% of the global population is affected by intellectual disability (ID), 1 which can have a devastating effect on the lives of the affected individuals and their families and is a major ...

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 ...

61 million adult Americans live with some sort of disability. 61 million adult Americans live with some sort of physical, sensory, or intellectual disability. When parents receive the news—prenatally ...

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

A new study finds the NIH Toolbox Cognition Battery is a promising option for measuring cognitive change in people with intellectual disability. A major challenge in testing new therapies for people ...

Sinead Brophy receives funding from Medical Research Council, Welsh Government (Health and Care Research Wales), Economic and Social Research Council and British Heart Foundation. Antipsychotic ...

People with intellectual disability are entitled to their human rights like everyone else. Shutterstock Many South Africans living with intellectual disability don’t have opportunities to be part of ...