A one-of-a-kind museum chronicling disability history is reopening after a five-year hiatus in a new, bigger space that's ...

Disability has a history. The Viscardi Center is shining a light on it. The nonprofit, which supports people with intellectual and physical disabilities, officially opened the nation’s only Museum of ...

The Long Island facility is fully accessible and features 14 portals that peer into different moments in disability history.

What are intellectual and developmental disabilities? Intellectual disability is a disability characterized by significant limitations in both intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior, which ...

A new study is among the first to estimate the number of adults in the U.S. with intellectual disability, offering policymakers and other stakeholders a snapshot of the need for resources. Just shy of ...

Adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities, such as autism and Down syndrome, experience substantially higher rates of anxiety and depression than the general population of adults, ...

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 ...

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 ...