Disability advocates are pushing for a requirement that all medical schools specifically train future doctors to treat people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, but they’re hitting ...

Providing inclusive services starts with a fundamental truth: effective counseling starts with meeting people where they are.

Psychiatrists are often some of the main providers of care for people with autism and intellectual disability, but new research finds that many of these specialists have little training to meet the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ethan Saylor was a 26-year-old with Down syndrome who loved music, movies and animals. His mother describes him as "quite the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Nov. 14—MIDLAND — The 2024 IDD (Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities) Training co-hosted by The United Way of Midland and ...

Organizations need to be aware of the ways the novel coronavirus is affecting all employees, particularly those who may be part of a protected class, and people with disabilities are no exception. The ...

More than sixty-one million Americans have disabilities, and increasing evidence documents that they experience health care disparities. Although many factors likely contribute to these disparities, ...

English learners who are also identified as students with disabilities experience unique needs in K-12 schools—and their teachers need specialized, interdisciplinary training, experts say. This ...

Missouri first responders may now receive free training for incidents involving people with disabilities. The Missouri Developmental Disabilities Council and Niagara University are cooperating to ...

Only 13% of workplaces have disability-specific inclusion initiatives, according to the Society for Human Resource Management in D.C. (Getty Images/iStockphoto/spukkato) For the first time ever, Equal ...