Disability advocates are speaking out as the U.S. Supreme Court prepares to take on a case that hinges on whether a diagnosis of intellectual disability should be based on more than an IQ score. The ...

A new version of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders released this month includes changes to the definitions of both autism and intellectual disability that experts say will ...

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 ...

Disability rights advocates warn that a pending Supreme Court of the United States case could reshape how intellectual ...

Capital Matters is a recurring series by Jordan Steiker that covers federal constitutional regulation of the death penalty ...

U.S. Supreme Court Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito appeared inclined to side with the state of Alabama during ...