Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Children with these disabilities were 16% to 18% more likely to be suspended or expelled from school. Those with ...

Although cognitive impairment and disability likely influence one another, new research indicates that physical disability ...

A retrospective analysis of data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Disability and Health Data System revealed that the prevalence of self-reported cognitive disability rose from ...

While certain disabilities declined in the decade from 2008 to 2017 among older adults, Black people experienced more cognitive problems at the beginning and end of the decade, a new study shows. In ...

While working with students with intellectual and developmental disabilities at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Caroline Jurisich realized there was an issue. There were more resources for ...

French entrepreneur Yann Bucaille-Lanrezac remembers the day he met Theodore, a young boy on the autism spectrum, during a cruise for an organization he created for those with special needs. “He came ...

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 ...

A special art show at Bryn Mawr Rehab Hospital aims to raise community awareness about cognitive and physical disabilities.

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 ...

Eating cookies with friends is better for you than eating broccoli alone, and the science backs this up. According to a 2023 report published by the U.S. surgeon general, our nation is facing a crisis ...

When Kathryn Giordano, director of administration at Baker Botts LLP, suggested to Pat Berry that his daughter come work at his law firm for the summer, he shook his head in disbelief. "I thought no, ...