Disability advocates are speaking out as the U.S. Supreme Court prepares to take on a case that hinges on whether a diagnosis ...

The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday once again found itself weighing the impact of intelligence testing and family and school influences on whether a state may execute a criminal defendant who is close ...

When people think of disabilities, they usually picture something physical: a cane, a prosthetic, or a ramp outside a school.

Five Supreme Court justices Tuesday seemed to agree with arguments that a Texas death row inmate should not be executed because he is intellectually disabled. The challenge to the Texas death sentence ...

The major news out of Moore v. Texas, the Supreme Court’s death-penalty decision announced Tuesday, is that all eight of the current justices rejected a crude list of “factors” the Texas courts had ...

The needs of the golfer with intellectual disabilities will be unique to that individual and dependent upon the severity of the disability. If it is elected to play by the Rules, this group of ...

Participating in university-based postsecondary programs may help individuals with intellectual disabilities increase their intelligence, new research suggests. Adults with intellectual disabilities ...

The prosecution in Marcelle Jerrill Waldon's death-penalty case will be allowed an expert to counter defense claims that Waldon suffers an intellectual disability and is therefore ineligible for a ...

Expert testimony indicates Waldon has a low IQ and a history of head injuries, which his defense argues are signs of ...

By Dr. Isaac Mawuko ADUSU In Ghana, the conversations about including people with disabilities have intensified as the ...

Defense attorneys laid out their case for why the man man accused of killing an Indiana State Trooper from Franklin has an ...