With the stroke of a pen Tuesday afternoon, Gov. Brian Kemp signed into law a measure aimed at ensuring intellectually disabled people aren’t executed in Georgia. House Bill 123, which passed both ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In a rare move on Thursday, the Supreme Court spared the life of an "intellectually disabled" death row inmate, dismissing an ...

Proposed changes to the federal government’s health survey would undercount Americans with disabilities, advocates say.

The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments on Wednesday in a case that could make it more challenging for convicted murderers to avoid execution by claiming intellectual disability. The case ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. ANDERSON — Three different doctors testified that Carl Roy Webb Boards II is not intellectually disabled as he awaits trial on a ...

A Swedish co-creation study shows that adults with intellectual disability, when given genuine design control over a balance exercise app, prioritise simplicity, safety, recognisable instructions, and ...

Arizona adults with intellectual disabilities need more than meaningful employment. They also need housing options that support greater independence.

For years, disagreements have raged within the disability community regarding the federal Special Minimum Wage (SMW), which by law allows certain employers to operate ...

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 ...

HUNTSVILLE, Texas — A man who experts for both prosecutors and defense attorneys had said was intellectually disabled became the 600th person executed in Texas since 1982, put to death Thursday ...

The death of a man in his 20s with an intellectual disability, whose entire family also has intellectual disabilities, was recently revealed. At the time of his death, his mother and younger brother ...

Italian ski stars Brignone and Goggia to miss start of World Cup season MILAN (AP) — Top Italian skiers Federica Brignone and Sofia Goggia will not be in Sölden when the World Cup season starts in ...