After months of uncertainty, federal lawmakers approved a spending package that rejects Trump administration efforts to alter ...

Nine books featuring stories about various types of disabilities are being tapped for a special set of awards given alongside ...

In a new twist in a long-running lawsuit, a coalition of states is challenging the right of people with disabilities to live ...

It's long been thought that autism is far more prevalent in boys than girls. But findings from a new study looking at data across more than three decades suggest that may not be the case.

Federal health officials are reviving a key panel tasked with guiding the government's strategy on autism, but the new ...

An upcoming episode of a popular PBS Kids show will be told from the viewpoint of a character with autism. “Daniel Tiger’s ...

Students with disabilities may be missing out on valuable assistive technology, a new report finds, due to limited awareness among school staff and other issues.

In a new book, Donald Trump’s nephew Fred C. Trump III says that the former president told him that people like his son, who has intellectual and developmental disabilities, “should just die.” The ...

Plans are in the works to develop a pocket neighborhood where people with intellectual and developmental disabilities can live long-term with family, friends, caretakers or on their own. Nine books ...

President Barack Obama signed legislation Tuesday requiring the federal government to replace the term “mental retardation” with “intellectual disability” in many areas of government. The measure ...