Nearly all high schoolers with intellectual disability receive accommodations at school and score below the norm on standardized tests, according to a fact sheet released this week.

A former contract worker is now the only provider of pediatric wheelchairs in Iraq.

The United States became the 142nd country to sign the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities on Thursday.

A swine flu vaccine expected this fall is raising red flags because it will likely contain a preservative some link to autism despite scientific research repeatedly proving otherwise.

Most people turn to their physician when faced with depression, but researchers found that general practitioners often misdiagnose the disorder.

Many residents at New Jersey psychiatric hospitals will be offered community living — in many cases years after they should have been — under a settlement agreement reached Wednesday.

Advocates are using a new tack to push expanded community-based care into health care reform legislation.

As part of a budget compromise, California special education students will no longer need to pass a state exit exam to receive a high school diploma.

A new study casts doubt on the practice of using gluten-free or dairy-free diets with children who have autism.

When struggling with social situations, some Minnesota teens with Asperger’s syndrome have a new tool at their disposal: their iPods.

As the federal minimum wage increases Friday, the nation’s top labor official says more needs to be done to improve employment opportunities for people with disabilities.

Authorities in India are looking into claims that 34 children with disabilities were buried in sand up to their chins.

After making over 150 unannounced visits, a watchdog group finds many residences for people with disabilities unsanitary and unsafe.

The U.S. will join more than 100 countries in supporting a U.N. effort to remove barriers for the world’s 650 million people with disabilities.

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