With the stroke of a pen Tuesday afternoon, Gov. Brian Kemp signed into law a measure aimed at ensuring intellectually disabled people aren’t executed in Georgia. House Bill 123, which passed both ...

Individuals with intellectual disabilities were far less likely to undergo colorectal cancer screening and additional ...

The Georgia House unanimously passed a bill on Tuesday lessening the threshold for a person facing the death penalty to be considered intellectually disabled, which would make them ineligible for a ...

University of Iowa professors are using fruit flies to identify what genes cause intellectual disability, a common and often ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Anti-death penalty and disability advocates have criticized how Georgia handled intellectual disability in death penalty cases, ...

A bill that got unanimous support and a standing ovation in the Georgia House this week looks to make it easier for intellectually disabled people to avoid the death penalty, bringing the Peach State ...

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 when ...

A Laredo learning center for people with intellectual disabilities gave its students the spotlight on Friday, March 27.

Dr Chen Shiling wins Singaporean of the Year for starting Singapore's first dedicated clinic for people with intellectual ...