Allowing plea by 23-yr-old's parents, Karnataka HC clarified the nod did not amount to curtailment of woman’s reproductive ...

The Office of Legal Counsel opinion released Thursday said states aren't required by law to integrate mentally disabled ...

Opinion: Doctors' input on how to weigh cognitive disability in death penalty cases can be helpful, but characterizing such ...

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 ...

Bengaluru: The High Court of Karnataka has permitted a 'Total Abdominal Hysterectomy' to be performed on a 23-year-old woman ...

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 ...

The Karnataka High Court judgment last week was the latest instance of courts’ intervention in decisions that often involve ...

For years, people who care for loved ones with intellectual or developmental disabilities have known that Arizona offers some ...

One evening this May, about a dozen young adults and their families gathered with faculty of TerpsEXCEED, an inclusive two-year post-secondary education program at the University of Maryland for ...

The court's action means Victor Saldaño is likely to be executed even though both defense and state experts determined he was ...

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday denied a Texas death row inmate’s request to present evidence that he is ineligible for execution because of his intellectual disability, despite rare support between ...