Scientists have uncovered a rare genetic cause of intellectual disability in a historically overlooked part of the human genome: so-called junk DNA. This knowledge could someday help to diagnose some ...

Correspondence to Dr Leanne Hassett, Sydney Musculoskeletal Health, The University of Sydney Faculty of Medicine and Health, Sydney, New South Wales NSW 2050, Australia; ...

While there are countless conditions that can result in disability, understanding just a few key characteristics can tell us a lot about how people might experience disability and how others will ...

Ashley Couto writes about personal finance, digital currencies, and credit card points with a special interest in how women and people with disabilities spend and save. She’s also interested in how ...

What are intellectual and developmental disabilities? Intellectual disability is a disability characterized by significant limitations in both intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior, which ...

A new study is among the first to estimate the number of adults in the U.S. with intellectual disability, offering policymakers and other stakeholders a snapshot of the need for resources. Just shy of ...

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

Almost 1,500 genes have been implicated in intellectual disabilities; yet for most people with such disabilities, genetic causes remain unknown. Perhaps this is in part because geneticists have been ...

The U.S. Supreme Court is set to hear arguments in a case that advocates say could have major implications for how intellectual disability is defined. The high court will consider Hamm v. Smith on ...