Intellectual disability is a disorder marked by below-average intellectual function and a lack of skills necessary for independent daily living. The condition begins in the developmental period. The ...

Developmental delays can affect a child’s physical, cognitive, communication, social, emotional, or behavioral skills. Often, delays affect more than one area of development. When a child has delays ...

Research finds health disparities among people with IDD. Racial and ethnic health disparities are a pervasive public health problem. Research finds similar health disparities among people with ...

A new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Health Statistics says the rate of diagnoses for developmental disabilities in children ages 3-17 years old in ...

More Minnesotans with developmental and intellectual disabilities are aging and need more involved care, leaving more to soon need group homes and other residential facilities as their families, who ...

The number of children with developmental disabilities is on the rise with new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention showing that nearly 1 in 11 kids are diagnosed with autism, ...

Gracious Grounds has begun construction of Ability Way, an $18.5 million, 77-unit independent living community for adults ...

William Skipworth’s three-part investigation that appeared in The Eagle-Tribune over the last three weekends in November has laid bare the ongoing traumas experienced by people with intellectual and ...

Childhood is a time of growth, learning, and development. Your child is increasing in height and weight, learning new physical and social skills, and laying the foundations of adulthood. If you have ...