Federal health officials are putting millions into a new effort to train future doctors on how to better care for individuals with developmental disabilities. The U.S. Department of Health and Human ...

Medical school graduate Eshani Kishore never received any formal education in how to treat patients with disabilities, considered one of the largest minority groups in the nation. “If we were more ...

Groups representing the nation’s doctors and dentists are committing to better prepare students in their fields to treat those with intellectual and developmental disabilities in a move that could ...

NEWS. THE LATEST NUMBERS FROM THE CDC FINDS AUTISM AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES ARE ON THE RISE. A DOCTOR WHO SPECIALIZES IN THIS FIELD SAYS THOSE PATIENTS FACE A SERIOUS GAP IN HEALTH CARE SERVICES ...

When Selina Likely became director of the Edwards Creative Learning Center six years ago, she knew there was one longstanding practice that she wanted to change. For as long as she had taught at the ...

Children with disabilities, and their families, may face discrimination in the hospitals and clinics they visit for their health care, according to a new study led by researchers at University of Utah ...

From his seat in the stands, Kevin Carlson's eyes lock on a giant of a man straddling the top rope of the ring. Carlson, a self-described WWE wrestling junkie who has cerebral palsy, boos the reviled ...

Selina Likely, the director of Edwards Creative Learning Center in Columbus, Ohio, was motivated to pursue a career in child care after a program expelled her 1-year-old daughter for biting. Credit: ...

The message was simple, the point undeniable. “I’m not asking for anything outrageous,” Kelly Boyd told us. “Just to be seen, listened to and treated like anyone else.” Boyd, a Hamilton woman with ...

A recent report finds that people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) across Pennsylvania continue to encounter significant barriers to basic health care — from inaccessible ...