MIT researchers suggests a potential molecular strategy for treating fragile X syndrome by enhancing NMDA subunit function.

Since 1987, March has been designated Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month in the US. This month recognizes individuals ...

Medically reviewed by Smita Patel, DO Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a rare neurological condition that causes severe muscle weakness and intellectual disability. DMD is an inherited (passed ...

Misuse of prescribed stimulants, tranquilizers, and pain relievers by 18- to 49-year-olds was twice that of those without ...

Individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities shone in the spotlight during the second-annual Night to Shine ...

It's something many parents will be familiar with. You're out in public, when your child sees someone with disability and loudly blurts something out about why that person looks different.

and congenital disability treatments, along with a hospitalization allowance. The plan also covers preventive mastectomy and hysterectomy under Prophylactic Surgeries Cover and provides legal ...

The Alberta government announced a new support program for people with disabilities that starts next year, but without releasing how much benefits will be. The new Alberta Disability Assistance ...

Eligible children must also have a medical diagnosis confirming one or more of the following conditions: intellectual disability developmental delay autism spectrum disorder lifelong physical ...

her only way to get the life-sustaining treatments. On Monday the center was scheduled to “job coach” a 19-year-old man with intellectual disabilities who recently aged out of the foster care ...