Nearly a quarter century ago, in Atkins v. Virginia (2002), the Supreme Court held that it is unconstitutional to execute offenders with an intellectual disability. Next Wednesday, however, the ...
GENEVA, Ill. (WKRC) - A man was sentenced to decades in prison for impregnating a woman with a "severe or profound intellectual disability" who was not able to give consent. According to a release ...
WASHINGTON -- Most Americans with intellectual or developmental disabilities remain shut out of the workforce, despite changing attitudes and billions spent on government programs to help them. Even ...
Prejudice, discrimination and low expectations are preventing people with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities from getting the support they need, a government-commissioned report has found ...
A fundraiser, benefiting adult education, kicked off at Cedar Lake Lodge Saturday morning.Cedar Lake is the largest private provider for adults with intellectual disabilities in Kentucky. In past ...