For older adults with mild cognitive impairment, exercise can be crucial to sleep quality

Staying active is known to improve sleep, but the research findings are mixed regarding the best workout. Some studies say ...
Medscape

Common Genetic Cause of Intellectual Disability, Epilepsy Identified

A newly identified recessive neurodevelopmental disorder (NDD) linked to variants in the RNU2-2 gene may be among the most common genetic causes of intellectual disability and epilepsy, new research ...
Healio

People with intellectual disabilities less likely to get screened for colorectal cancer

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Individuals with intellectual disabilities were less likely to participate in and complete colorectal cancer ...
USA Today

The pending Supreme Court decision that worries disability rights groups

WASHINGTON – Disability rights groups fear a death penalty case before the Supreme Court could have implications for the intellectually disabled far beyond the criminal context. The justices are ...
PBS

LISTEN: Supreme Court considers Alabama's appeal to execute man with an intellectual disability

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Wednesday struggled over how courts should decide borderline cases of whether convicted murderers are intellectually disabled and should be shielded from ...
The New York Times

Supreme Court Grapples With Death Penalty Case on Intellectual Disability

The case involves an Alabama man who challenged his death sentence after a murder conviction because of his varying results in a series of I.Q. tests. By Ann E. Marimow Reporting from Washington The ...
NPR

How one legal team is building support for people with cognitive disabilities

A few years ago, Noah Cox noticed something about some of the people he represented in court. They struggled to communicate, think logically or problem solve. "I wanted to know their account of what ...
Disability Scoop

Supreme Court To Weigh How Intellectual Disability Is Defined

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 ...
Columbia Daily Spectator

The IHRA definition of antisemitism is anti-intellectual and cannot serve as Columbia’s standard

In a July 15 message to the Columbia community, acting University President Claire Shipman, CC ’86, SIPA ’94, announced “additional commitments to combatting antisemitism.” Among these, she informed ...
Forbes

Supporting Older Adults With Intellectual Disabilities: A Growing Imperative For Leaders

People with intellectual disabilities, such as those with Down syndrome or fetal alcohol spectrum disorder, have historically had shorter life expectancies than the general population, but data from a ...
Yale Environment 360

New initiative focuses on health care for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities

It all started with a manikin. When training her Yale School of Nursing (YSN) students in clinical skills, Christine Rodriguez will often use the human-shaped models in simulated health care ...
Healio

Targeted solutions required to lower suicide risk among adults with disabilities

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Intellectual and developmental disabilities may increase suicide risk because they are linked to established ...