Federal health officials are putting millions into a new effort to train future doctors on how to better care for individuals with developmental disabilities. The U.S. Department of Health and Human ...

Medical school graduate Eshani Kishore never received any formal education in how to treat patients with disabilities, considered one of the largest minority groups in the nation. “If we were more ...

HAWTHORNE - Alanna O'Shea needed a lot of dental work, maybe even root canal. A dentist said the 20-year-old who attends a special education program at Ardsley High School would need to be under ...

When Selina Likely became director of the Edwards Creative Learning Center six years ago, she knew there was one longstanding practice that she wanted to change. For as long as she had taught at the ...

New Jersey announced a new initiative Monday, backed by a state grant, to help address the inequities often found in sexual and reproductive health care for women with intellectual and developmental ...

Patients with disabilities are less likely to feel health care workers treat them respectfully, according to new research from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.

Selina Likely, the director of Edwards Creative Learning Center in Columbus, Ohio, was motivated to pursue a career in child care after a program expelled her 1-year-old daughter for biting. Credit: ...

From his seat in the stands, Kevin Carlson's eyes lock on a giant of a man straddling the top rope of the ring. Carlson, a self-described WWE wrestling junkie who has cerebral palsy, boos the reviled ...

Compassion Care Services is the first organization in the U.S. to become a Down Syndrome Center of Excellence™ and ...

A recent report finds that people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) across Pennsylvania continue to encounter significant barriers to basic health care — from inaccessible ...