When we want to go to the store, most of us lace up our sneakers, grab our car keys and head out the door. But for people with intellectual disabilities living in residential group homes and supported ...

The pandemic has revealed some truths: A lack of mental health providers to sufficiently meet the needs of those in crisis (including providers of color); and the stress that COVID-19 has introduced ...

The judge had so much to weigh, it seemed. Declarations from the psychiatrist and therapist saying no, not yet: Ryan Morris is still vulnerable, adjusting to a new home with his biological family for ...

Whether disparities in disability identification in U.S. elementary schools are currently occurring is an important question to answer. Most of the available work has been unable to compare students ...

Although the home environment is known to influence behavior problems in children with developmental disabilities (DD), the precise contributions of specific domains remained unquantified, hindering ...

Advocates say Arizonans with intellectual and developmental disabilities are getting shortchanged by a crisis response system that lacks the training to meet their needs. Too often, the mental health ...

The U.S. Department of Justice has found that Oklahoma and Oklahoma City discriminate against people with mental health disabilities, citing unnecessary institutionalization and the improper use of ...

Behavior Support Staff at the Columbiana County Board of Developmental Disabilities recently announced how Ohio’s new statewide disability registry, known as Keith’s Law, will work in conjunction with ...

HERRIMAN, Utah (KUTV) — A behavioral level system at the Jordan School District is causing concern for a Herriman parent, as she feels it is unfair and possibly discriminates against children with ...

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Friday published its finding that Oklahoma discriminates against people with behavioral health disabilities in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act ...