With a new report, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is tacitly embracing a recently coined autism classification and providing a first-of-its-kind breakdown on the number of kids on the ...

Advocates for those with profound autism say that a committee tasked with guiding the federal government’s strategy on the developmental disability is largely ignoring the needs of this population. A ...

The nonprofit founded in 1938 currently serves 86 individuals ranging from 22 to 72 years old who live with moderate to ...

A Chicago man was charged with sexually assaulting a person with a profound developmental disability who later gave birth, authorities in west suburban Kane County said. Isaiah Fields, 22, was charged ...

TIFFIN, OH (WTOL) - The Tiffin Developmental Center is bracing for a round a budget cuts from the State of Ohio. The facility currently provides housing and care for nearly 150 residents with severe ...

More Minnesotans with developmental and intellectual disabilities are aging and need more involved care, leaving more to soon ...

People with developmental disability are nearly three times as likely than other patients to experience preventable physical injuries while in hospital, reveals new research by the London School of ...