A web-based cognitive screening tool for children with intellectual disabilities showed strong test-retest reliability over ...

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 ...

In previous articles, the phrase "make sure to have a copy of your disability certificate ready" has appeared many times. I ...

"Why am I the only one who can't do this?" Are you feeling that kind of loneliness or difficulty in living? It is not due to ...

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

An estimated 10 to 15 million people in Africa have some form of Intellectual disability and the majority live in poverty and isolation. The ILO-Irish Aid Partnership Programme will be gathering ...

My patient, W.B., is a 43-year-old man with an intellectual disability who has lived with his mother his entire life. He communicates with augmentative and alternative communication. He presents to my ...

Intellectual disability is most often caused by changes to the genome that take place in early fetal development and are not found in the parents' DNA. This is why the risk of recurrence in the next ...

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 ...

A first-of-its-kind Portuguese study of 234 adults with intellectual disabilities aged 45 and older finds that nearly half ...