BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Families and loved ones of children who may have developmental disabilites can get extra support during a webinar scheduled for Monday, July 15. The webinar is being put on ...

Aaron Bass likes some things about Shapiro Developmental Center, a home he shares with some 500 others on a site along the Kankakee River that first housed Illinois residents with disabilities nearly ...

Since 1987, March has been designated Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month in the US. This month recognizes individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) and the barriers ...

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, ...

The Illinois Department of Public health has confirmed a case of Legionnaires’ disease at the state-run Shapiro Developmental Center in Kankakee, Capitol News Illinois has learned.

Once a country ratifies the Convention, the obligations established by the Convention must be reflected in the State’s national legal framework, development planning and budgeting, and in related ...

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 ...

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Suicide is the third leading cause of death for young adults aged 18-25, with a 51% increase in deaths between 2000 and 2021. Young adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities are at a ...

From 2017 through 2023, roughly 2,680 people with developmental disabilities died under the care of the state of Missouri — on average, one person every day. This story was commissioned by the River ...