The Los Angeles County Public Defender's Office has an unusual unit at its office: A team dedicated to working with ...

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 ...

This article was written for our sponsor, Alliance Health. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report that 26.8 percent of adults in North Carolina have some type of intellectual or ...

Participating in university-based postsecondary programs may help individuals with intellectual disabilities increase their intelligence, new research suggests. Adults with intellectual disabilities ...

Post-secondary education (PSE) has a potential for improving the IQ of adults with mild intellectual disability (ID), according to a new Bar-Ilan University study. The study examined the impact of PSE ...

The aim of this study was to explore barriers and facilitators in the implementation of a health course for adults with mild or moderate intellectual disabilities. An inductive qualitative design was ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Individuals with developmental disabilities have limited opportunities to participate in leisure activities, frequently due to lack of skills.

Since they are smaller, special education programs in Mesa Public Schools are more sensitive to changes in enrollment than regular programs. And almost every year, there’s some sort of change in the ...