The highest prevalence of any reported disability in 2022 was cognitive disability (13.9%), and women had a higher prevalence of any disability compared with men (30.6% vs. 26.7%).

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 ...

A leading expert and the state of Tennessee have acknowledged Byron Black's disability. Yet he is scheduled to be executed on ...

Individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities can fill needed jobs in the hotel industry when provided support ...

Based on parent reports, youth with emotional or cognitive disabilities 28% and 21% more likely to be expelled or suspended, compared with youth without disabilities (P < .001 for both).

In the spring of 2023, that movement achieved a major milestone with the creation of a new accrediting agency for intellectual-disabilities programs and the accreditation of its first program.

Sue Sawyer, president of the California Transition Alliance, a nonprofit that helps people with disabilities after they finish school, has been working on the issue since 2013. The primary reason for ...

Over 7 million Americans have mental or cognitive disabilities, and 80% of them are unemployed — but Bucaille-Lanrezac hopes to change that. For most of the crew, this is their first job.