Death row inmate Andre "Kokomo" Williams has been denied an appeal for relief from the death penalty because of an intellectual disability, also known as an Atkins claim.

Nine books featuring stories about various types of disabilities are being tapped for a special set of awards given alongside ...

A new population-based cohort study of more than 500,000 births in British Columbia offers reassuring evidence about the long-term safety of cesarean delivery and assisted vaginal delivery (with ...

Tanveer Masih (24), who has lived with an intellectual disability since childhood, was brutally assaulted by his Muslim employer after arriving late to feed cattle at a private farm. What followed was ...

But for two exceptions, children born via operative vaginal delivery or second-stage cesarean delivery (SSCD) had comparable ...

Haley Marie Vazquez, a missing 25-year-old with an intellectual disability, was found safe by Fort Worth Police.

Paul Aronsohn's ombudsman office became a national model and exposed problems with group homes, insurers and state agencies. The stakes were personal.

A Philadelphia nonprofit is finding job opportunities for people with mental health and intellectual challenges.

David and Debbie Turner of west Cobb, parents of a child with Down syndrome, know firsthand the challenges of helping a child with an intellectual disability achieve independence.

The term, long considered a slur for those with intellectual disabilities, is seeing a resurgence on social media and across the political right.

Filmmaker Cameron S. Mitchell describes them as the first group of victims to be killed in the Holocaust — but the last to be remembered. In his new film “Disposable Humanity,” which is being shown at ...