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 ...
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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 ...
The New York Times

The ‘R-Word’ Returns, Dismaying Those Who Fought to Oust It

The term, long considered a slur for those with intellectual disabilities, is seeing a resurgence on social media and across the political right. By Dan Barry and Sonia A. Rao Late last month, a woman ...
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Exclusive: Brandsmiths adds two partners in bid to sharpen client focus

New partners, including the firm’s first female head of a department, are eyeing a deeper focus on client understanding Intellectual property firm Brandsmiths has boosted its partnership ranks with ...
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Understanding Traumatic Brain Injury Recovery and Late Effects for Social Security Disability Evaluation

The U.S. Social Security Administration has requested the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine establish an ad hoc committee to conduct a study to review the latest published ...
American Bar Association

Supreme Court Considers Methods for Assessing Intellectual Disability

In Hamm v. Smith, the U.S. Supreme Court is considering how courts should evaluate intellectual functioning when determining whether a person is constitutionally ineligible for execution. The Court ...
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 ...
Orlando 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 ...
Fort Wayne Business Weekly

Dec. 12: Fort Wayne resident's book discusses brother's intellectual, developmental disabilities

FORT WAYNE — Stuart D. Jones wrote and recently published a memoir about his older brother Stephen who was differently abled than some other people. In conversation, Jones, who lives in Fort Wayne, ...
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Hamm v. Smith: Supreme Court Revisits the Line Between Intellectual Disability and Execution

The US Supreme Court on Tuesday, December 10, heard oral arguments in Hamm vs. Smith, a capital case that could reshape how courts evaluate intellectual disability under Atkins v. Virginia and its ...
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Epilepsy-related premature mortality in adults with intellectual disability in England: a population-based analysis

Background Epilepsy affects 22.2% of people with intellectual disability compared with 1% of the general population. This study aims to identify characteristics associated with epilepsy-caused deaths ...
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LISTEN: Supreme Court considers Alabama’s appeal to execute man with an intellectual disability

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Wednesday struggled over how courts should decide borderline cases of whether convicted murderers are intellectually disabled and should be shielded from ...