Disability status was associated with a higher prevalence of diabetes, especially among those with moderate to severe disability. Adults with functional disability have a higher rate of diabetes, ...

(HealthDay News) — Adults with autism have high rates of ... adults with autism with and without co-occurring intellectual disability (ID), adults with ID without autism, and adults from a ...

Benjamin E. Yerys, Ph.D., from the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, and colleagues examined associations between health outcomes and ADHD co-occurrence and ADHD prescription medications in a ...

The Institute for Exceptional Care reports that nearly 5%, or 16 million Americans, live with an intellectual or developmental disability today. In the United States, about 1 in 6 children have a ...

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), approximately one in six children in the United States has a developmental disability, ranging from mild conditions to more severe ...

Daily nut consumption was strongly associated with a disability-free lifespan in older adults, even among those with a suboptimal diet quality. Daily nut consumption is associated with the ...

A review of state records, court documents and department policies, as well as interviews with frontline employees working in the state, reveal a dysfunctional developmental disability system ...

The ACL also supports the Aging and Disability Networks—local, state, and national organizations that support older adults and people ... with intellectual and developmental disabilities ...

Almost half of the EU population think that discrimination based on disability is widespread in their country. The EU and its member states are working to ensure that all people with disabilities: The ...