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Intellectual Disability (Intellectual Developmental Disorder)

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 ...
Medical Xpress

New form of addiction care for people with mild intellectual disability is effective, says researcher

Problematic substance use occurs relatively frequently in people with a mild intellectual disability. But the mainstream addiction care is not always effective for this group. During her Ph.D., ...
News Medical

Post-secondary education could improve the IQ of adults with mild intellectual disability

Post-secondary education (PSE) has a potential for improving the IQ of adults with mild intellectual disability (ID), according to a new Bar-Ilan University study. The study examined the impact of PSE ...

‘I don’t want anyone to look down on Dad’: A son’s tribute to his special father

A young Singaporean man learnt from young to protect his father, who has intellectual disability. Read more at ...
News Medical

Researchers identify new disease gene for early-onset axonal neuropathy and mild intellectual disability

Research group from the University of Helsinki, Finland, has identified a new disease gene for early-onset axonal neuropathy and mild intellectual disability through an international research network, ...
Nature

Congenital myasthenic syndrome with mild intellectual disability caused by a recurrent SLC25A1 variant

Congenital myasthenic syndromes (CMS) are a heterogeneous group of disorders caused by mutations leading to impairment of neuromuscular transmission. Most often, these disorders arise from mutations ...
WRAL

Help available for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, traumatic brain injuries

This article was written for our sponsor, Alliance Health. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report that 26.8 percent of adults in North Carolina have some type of intellectual or ...
The Conversation

Hospitals only note a person’s intellectual disability 20% of the time – so they don’t adjust their care

People with intellectual disability only have their disability noted by hospital staff in one in every five hospital admissions, our new study shows. Recognising someone has a disability is critical ...
The Conversation

People with intellectual disability have a right to sexuality – but their families have concerns

People with intellectual disability are entitled to their human rights like everyone else. Shutterstock Many South Africans living with intellectual disability don’t have opportunities to be part of ...
Nature

An association study of severity of intellectual disability with peripheral biomarkers of disabled children in a rehabilitation home, Kolkata, India

The current investigation has identified the biomarkers associated with severity of disability and correlation among plethora of systemic, cellular and molecular parameters of intellectual disability ...
Psychology Today

Intellectual Disability (Intellectual Developmental Disorder)

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 ...