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 ...

It all started with a manikin. When training her Yale School of Nursing (YSN) students in clinical skills, Christine Rodriguez will often use the human-shaped models in simulated health care ...

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 ...

Russell Hughes and his sister Sylvia have been close since their childhood in the Bayview Hunters Point neighborhood of San Francisco. He protected her in school, and she made sure he took insulin for ...

Sign up for TPR Today, Texas Public Radio’s newsletter that brings our top stories to your inbox each morning. A federal judge in San Antonio has ruled that the ...