Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jennifer Shapiro* had a feeling something wasn’t quite right with her infant son, Timothy. When she looked closely at him, his ...

Josh Carson, Advocacy and Resource Coordinator, Greene County Board of Developmental Disabilities, holds an example of Ohio’s ...

The issue was highlighted in a recent study that shows there are 77,000 developmentally disabled adults in Ohio who have ...

As Hawai‘i observes Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month, the Council encourages all residents to celebrate the achievements of individuals with developmental disabilities, advocate for their ...

Developmental disabilities are a diverse group of severe chronic conditions that are due to mental and/or physical impairments. The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development defines the ...

Using visualization requires people to read abstract visual imagery, estimate statistics and retain information. However, people with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (IDD) often process ...

People with intellectual disabilities and developmental disorders are three times more likely to die of Covid-19, compared with patients without the conditions, a new analysis found. By Roni Caryn ...

On any given day in Iowa City, scientists are parsing DNA samples to deduce which of the more than 20,000 human genes are most associated with autism. "SPARK for Autism" researchers, including Jacob ...

People with developmental disabilities, their families and caregivers clawed back most of last year's proposed $400 million in budget cuts to the agency that provides their care, only to find ...