Following a trend, the Social Security Administration wants to start using the term “intellectual disability/mental retardation” in lieu of “mental retardation” alone.

An antibiotic used to treat teen acne also helps increase attention spans and communication while decreasing anxiety in people with fragile X syndrome, preliminary research suggests.

Actress Jennifer Aniston is the latest in a string of public figures to take heat for using the word “retard.”

Before leaving for a summer break, Senators unanimously approved legislation to replace the term “mental retardation” with “intellectual disability” in some areas of federal government.

One in three adults in the United Kingdom do not believe those with intellectual disabilities are capable of living independently or having a job, a new poll suggests.

The number of mainstreamed students with intellectual disabilities is up dramatically in Connecticut, but advocates say schools have not done enough to truly include such students.

Under a federal grant program, public transit services are deploying trainers to teach those with disabilities how to use fixed route buses rather than rely on door-to-door service.

A shorter, more interactive service is allowing some people with developmental disabilities the opportunity to engage in religion while being themselves.

Thirty-five years after federal law guaranteed students with disabilities a free and appropriate education, educating those with multiple disabilities remains a hurdle.

A Massachusetts couple is asking their son’s school district to remove a science textbook concerned its characterization of Down syndrome could lead to bullying.

The lawmaker who introduced legislation to expand independent living options is speaking out in support of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi after self-advocates heckled her.

In New York — one of the last states to retain the word “retardation” in a department title — advocates are split on efforts to eliminate a term some consider offensive.