Scientists have identified the genetic basis of a disorder causing intellectual disability, affecting approximately one in 20,000 young people. The disorder is characterized by symptoms including ...

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

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE - This microscope image shows the 46 human chromosomes, blue, with telomeres appearing as white pinpoints. Scientists have ...

Researchers are uncovering how disrupted glutamatergic synapses drive diverse forms of intellectual disability, revealing new ...

People with intellectual disabilities, such as those with Down syndrome or fetal alcohol spectrum disorder, have historically had shorter life expectancies than the general population, but data from a ...

The University of Rochester’s Warner School has received a $1 million U.S. Department of Education grant to expand national ...

A free, first-of-its-kind eLearning course addressing critical workforce gaps at the intersection of IDD and substance ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — University at Buffalo scientists have discovered a convergent mechanism that may be responsible for how two top-ranked genetic risk factors for autism spectrum disorder/intellectual ...

While epilepsy affects one percent of the general population, this figure rises to 22.2% for people with learning disabilities. The researchers analysed nearly 10,000 deaths of adults with ...