Death penalty prisoners would have to prove low IQ for successful disability claim

A House bill that would require people convicted in death penalty cases to submit evidence of an IQ below 75 to claim an ...
AOL

The pending Supreme Court decision that worries disability rights groups

WASHINGTON – Disability rights groups fear a death penalty case before the Supreme Court could have implications for the intellectually disabled far beyond the criminal context. The justices are ...
clinicaladvisor.com

New Resource Enhances Brain Health Assessment for Adults With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

Mainstream cognitive assessment tools are often insufficient for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD), creating a need for validated clinical tools that can help accurately ...
Psychology Today

Intellectual Disability (Intellectual Developmental Disorder)

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 ...
CNN

Supreme Court takes up question of death penalty and intellectual disability

Five Supreme Court justices Tuesday seemed to agree with arguments that a Texas death row inmate should not be executed because he is intellectually disabled. The challenge to the Texas death sentence ...
Health AffairsOpinion

Expanding The GUIDE Model To Include Adults With Intellectual Disability And Dementia

Expanding the GUIDE model’s eligibility language to include adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities offers a ...
The Conversation

What about the mental health of kids with intellectual disability?

The mental health problems of children with intellectual disabilities are largely undiagnosed and untreated. SriHarsha PVSS/Flickr, CC BY-NC-SA High-quality epidemiological research shows children and ...
Healio

Older adults with intellectual, developmental disabilities take more psychiatric meds

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The researchers sought to evaluate age-related differences in the mental health presentation of adults with ...