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

JOHNSON COUNTY, Kan. — One Kansas City area family is speaking out about the struggles of transportation and housing for their adult daughter, who has developmental disabilities. Rachel Mast works ...

The federal legislation that authorizes and supports UCEDDs in every state, the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act of 2000 (DD Act), also establishes crucial statewide ...

Imagine the world in 2030, fully inclusive of persons with disabilities! During the 2012 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20, Member States agreed to launch a process to ...

The nation’s pediatricians are getting new guidelines for how to go about evaluating children who present with global developmental delay or intellectual disability. Doctors should use genetic testing ...

Children with developmental differences often need extra services to support their physical health and mental well-being. But researching and connecting with specialists and other service providers ...

While you may be aware that, since 1995, March has been designated Women’s History Month, March also has a significance that the general public may not be aware of. This is Developmental Disability ...

Each March, Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month encourages people across the country to pause and acknowledge the leadership, contributions, and lived experiences of people with disabilities.

People with developmental disability have higher health care needs and lower life expectancy compared with the general population. Poor quality of care resulting from interpersonal and systemic ...

61 million adult Americans live with some sort of disability. 61 million adult Americans live with some sort of physical, sensory, or intellectual disability. When parents receive the news—prenatally ...