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 ...

The federal government spent $80.6 billion to support people with intellectual and developmental disabilities in 2021 alone. A new report breaks down where it went. Researchers from the University of ...

A new bill in the Missouri Legislature would create a specialized alert system to help find missing children and adults with developmental disabilities faster and potentially save lives.

For half a century, the U.S. has been achieving one of the most important civil rights victories most Americans have never heard of: closing the large institutions that once warehoused people with ...

Children were more likely to be diagnosed with developmental disabilities during the Covid-19 pandemic than they were in the year before, according to a new report from the US Centers for Disease ...

On Oct. 25 Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine signed House Bill 144 into law on Oct. 25. Known as Keith’s Law, the bill broadens the scope ...

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 ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. (FOX40.COM) — Governor Gavin Newsom ...

BALTIMORE -- Programs that serve Marylanders with disabilities could lose $200 million in state funding amid a nearly $3 billion budget deficit. Advocates for those with disabilities say these cuts ...

Voters in Butler County will see a levy on their May primary ballot to support those with developmental disabilities.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Advocates for people with developmental disabilities rallied at the State House Monday night in opposition to $200 million in cuts ...

ATLANTA — Lloyd Mills was tired of being stuck in a small, drab hospital room. On a rainy mid-September morning, a small TV attached to a mostly blank white wall played silently. There was nothing in ...