Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. More than one-third of mothers with intellectual and developmental disabilities have an interaction with the child welfare system ...

Noelene K. Jeffers, PhD, CNM, IBCLC, Johns Hopkins School of Nursing, highlights the need for inclusive care to support and educate parents with intellectual and developmental disabilities with infant ...

Advocates recommend having these conversations early. “I grew up watching kids and adults alike recoil from my brother simply because he looked a little different, and spoke a little differently from ...

What happens when we are gone? Stephanie Hall describes the housing crisis facing adults with autism and the parents who love ...

Echoing the 'Before We Die' advocacy group, TD said: 'Parents have no idea of what will happen to their son or daughter after they die' 'Before We Die' founders Tony Murray and his wife Susan Corrigan ...

Tony Murray — founder of the advocacy group Before We Die and father of Aoife, who is 42 and living with an intellectual ...

People with intellectual disabilities are at higher risk for various health problems. In general, they tend to be engaged in less physical activity. In Canada and the U.S. alike, people with ...

Northern Arizona University’s (NAU) Institute for Human Development is seeking parents with intellectual disabilities to participate in a new study. The project is called Providing Accessible Training ...