Intellectual or developmental disability, known as IDD, affects approximately 7.39 million people in the United States, according to a 2019 estimate by the University of Minnesota. Typically present ...

March is Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month, a time to highlight individuals with DD, celebrate diversity, and ...

Mary Rosen shows how much paperwork she's had to fill out to help her son with an intellectual disability access services like housing. (alexis weisend/The Columbian) When Mary Rosen, 74, passes ...

Kim Hauck is director of the Ohio Department of Developmental Disabilities. When it comes to developmental disabilities, awareness goes beyond just knowing what intellectual or developmental ...

A new study finds more than 12,000 adults with autism, intellectual, or developmental disabilities live with caregivers over the age of 60. More than 46,000 individuals with autism, intellectual, or ...

March is Disability Awareness Month, and to celebrate the Greensburg Decatur County Chamber of Commerce is hosting an open house and a ribbon cutting at 11:30 a.m. today (Tuesday, March ...

The agency’s chief operating officer and interim CEO, Nicole Harrison, and marketing director Karon Davis talked with Jan ...

Oliver McGowan was 18 years old when he was hospitalized in England with recurrent seizures and pneumonia. He was autistic, and he and his parents had one specific request for the medical team: no ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Intellectual and developmental disability service organizations are bracing for potential cuts to Medicaid and Medicare from the federal government. About 3.9 million Illinoisans ...

NEWS. THE LATEST NUMBERS FROM THE CDC FINDS AUTISM AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES ARE ON THE RISE. A DOCTOR WHO SPECIALIZES IN THIS FIELD SAYS THOSE PATIENTS FACE A SERIOUS GAP IN HEALTH CARE SERVICES ...

Adults with IDDs face disproportionately higher rates of anxiety and depression and barriers to care, prompting researchers to characterize the situation as a ‘mental health crisis.’ ...

YOUR SCREEN NATALIE. ALL RIGHT STEVEN THANK YOU. WELL, COVERING YOUR COMMUNITY, THE FIRST AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECT FOR ADULTS WITH INTELLECTUAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES OR ID, IS COMING TO ...