A new version of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders released this month includes changes to the definitions of both autism and intellectual disability that experts say will ...

CANTON – A man at the center of South Dakota's most high-profile pending death penalty case is now fighting to take the death penalty off the table in his trial, based on whether he is deemed to have ...

Marcelle Waldon, who killed Edie Yates Henderson and David Henderson in Lakeland in 2020, will remain eligible for the death penalty as he heads for sentencing.

A surprisingly high number of kids with autism are later diagnosed with intellectual disability, researchers say, and they suspect the trend is rooted in an effort to retain services into adulthood.

Screening at Cork International Film Festival, short film Mary Is Missing includes actors with intellectual disabilities among its cast, writes Esther McCarthy ...