With a new report, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is tacitly embracing a recently coined autism classification and providing a first-of-its-kind breakdown on the number of kids on the ...

Wendy Rollins, the mother of one of three disabled adults who died in what police said was a carbon monoxide poisoning case ...

The Marcus Foundation has awarded a $21.9 million grant to support the largest-ever study of behavior, brain, and biomarkers ...

Advocates for those with profound autism say that a committee tasked with guiding the federal government’s strategy on the developmental disability is largely ignoring the needs of this population. A ...

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I have a special fondness I carry for folks with developmental disabilities. Here is the story behind that fondness. Looking Back In Appreciation Back in the winter of 1985, I was ever so slowly ...

July is Disability Awareness Month and I thought it appropriate to discuss a pivotal piece of legislation that impacted all people with disabilities, and our society at large. The Americans with ...

Jonathan Brumfield was born with profound disabilities. His family worried he might never walk, but on Monday he walked the stage to graduate from the Wayne D. Boshears Center for Exceptional Programs ...

From the onset of the pandemic, researchers have attempted to identify individuals at high risk from the symptoms of COVID-19, and mounting evidence has suggested that individuals suffering from other ...