When a parent of a child with disabilities reaches out for guidance – or even just to vent – Sara Cummins wants them to know ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y -- CP Unlimited, a New York City-based organization specializing in services for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities, has joined forces with the National ...

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March is Developmental Disability Awareness Month.A local organization, JARC, provides programs and services to empower and educate people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. CEO Jeffrey ...

The nation’s pediatricians are getting new guidelines for how to go about evaluating children who present with global developmental delay or intellectual disability. Doctors should use genetic testing ...

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 ...

Aaron Bass likes some things about Shapiro Developmental Center, a home he shares with some 500 others on a site along the Kankakee River that first housed Illinois residents with disabilities nearly ...

March is Developmental Disability Awareness Month, established by President Ronald Reagan in 1987. Despite facing higher unemployment rates, people with developmental disabilities possess a wide range ...

STATEHOUSE. SEVERAL PEOPLE AT THAT RALLY SAY THOSE PROPOSED BUDGET CUTS COULD IMPACT SERVICES FOR PEOPLE WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES. AND TONIGHT THEY’RE MAKING THEIR VOICES HEARD. SAVE OUR ...

Roland Johnson, Pennsylvania’s most significant self-advocate for people with an intellectual or developmental disability, would often ask audiences the simple question, “Who’s in control?” The ...