The life expectancy of people with intellectual disability is 16 years shorter than average, study finds

New research has revealed a confronting life-expectancy gap for people with intellectual disability in NSW, highlighting ...
UNESCO

Teresita Lira, Special Olympics athlete: “No one is left on the sidelines”

An Athlete Leader with Special Olympics Chile—an organization that works with UNESCO to promote inclusion in sport—Teresita ...
Psychology TodayOpinion

The Science of Belonging for People With IDD

Systems weren’t built for neurodiversity. This post shows how psychology helps us shift from compliance to belonging for ...
Adelaide Now

SA’s Flinders University launches Australian-first diploma for students with intellectual disability

But as a person living with an intellectual disability, Ms Babie faced many barriers to tertiary education. “A lot of universities aren’t very accessible for someone like me with a support person,” ...

4 died in a Plant City arson. The man accused may never face trial

Shawn Gossett glances at courtroom spectators Thursday during a hearing on a request to dismiss his case. Gossett is accused ...
USA Today

The pending Supreme Court decision that worries disability rights groups

WASHINGTON – Disability rights groups fear a death penalty case before the Supreme Court could have implications for the intellectually disabled far beyond the criminal context. The justices are ...
Sun Sentinel

Florida Supreme Court rejects intellectual disability argument in refusing to halt execution

TALLAHASSEE — The Florida Supreme Court on Thursday refused to halt next week’s scheduled execution of Frank Walls, turning down arguments that he should be spared because he is intellectually ...
The Hill

Supreme Court mulls intellectual disability limits in death penalty cases

The Supreme Court on Wednesday grappled with where the line should be drawn on intellectual disability when the death penalty is on the table in a case that could make it harder for convicted killers ...
The New York Times

Supreme Court Grapples With Death Penalty Case on Intellectual Disability

The case involves an Alabama man who challenged his death sentence after a murder conviction because of his varying results in a series of I.Q. tests. By Ann E. Marimow Reporting from Washington The ...
Star Tribune

Opinion | America is abandoning people with disabilities

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 ...
Mother Jones

Alabama Wants to Lower the Bar for Executing Disabled People—if SCOTUS Lets It

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. On Wednesday, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in Hamm v. Smith, a death ...
WLWT

Best Buddies International supports people with intellectual, developmental disabilities

An organization in the Cincinnati area is now expanding its efforts to help people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.Best Buddies International helps people with disabilities find ...