For too long, people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) have had to navigate a healthcare system that wasn’t built for them. Rushed appointments, providers who aren’t trained in ...

There are over 7 million adults living with developmental or intellectual disabilities in the U.S. Yet many day programs for those with developmental disabilities have a cut-off age of 22. Disability ...

Deb Hipp is a freelance health and medical writer and editor who lives in Kansas City, Missouri. She is a former investigative reporter with more than 25 years of experience as a journalist and writer ...

O. Rose Broderick reports on the health policies and technologies that govern people with disabilities’ lives. Before coming to STAT, she worked at WNYC’s Radiolab and Scientific American, and her ...

Generally, people with learning disabilities die 20 years younger than those without learning disabilities and about 39% of ...

Patients with learning disabilities experience significant barriers to accessing health care in England, according to a new study. Analysis of national survey data shows that adult patients with ...

HAWTHORNE - Alanna O'Shea needed a lot of dental work, maybe even root canal. A dentist said the 20-year-old who attends a special education program at Ardsley High School would need to be under ...

GALLATIN, Tenn. (WSMV) - A new business in Gallatin is closing a gap in care for adults with intellectual disabilities. My Happy Place is a new day center offering care for adults with intellectual ...

Luke Tomczuk, 28, of Philadelphia, is a member of a research team at Temple University studying the effectiveness of Chance to Ride, a training curriculum and program designed to teach young adults ...

This is an easy English version of the story. For the standard English version, click here. We know that people with a learning disability get worse healthcare than other people. A report said that ...