So it is that experts agree Gossett is incapable of standing trial on charges that he set fire to aPlant Citymobile home in 2024, killing four people. But they disagree about whether he could be made ...

A Supreme Court ruling has emerged stating that if a minor defendant accused of a crime suffers from an intellectual disability, the court must take appropriate judicial measures to ensure the ...

There is more to the Special Olympics Pennsylvania Northeast Polar Plunge than jumping into cold water. The three-day event ...

Phase 1 of the housing project for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities would be construction of a gathering lodge in Stevens Point.

Researchers are uncovering how disrupted glutamatergic synapses drive diverse forms of intellectual disability, revealing new ...

A wider public conversation has arisen over whether it's time for a shift in how we think about categories of autism, amid ...

Eighteen climbers took turns scaling the walls at Reading Rocks Saturday during a special event for people with disabilities.

The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments this week in a death penalty case in which the defendant’s school records from more than 40 years ago are playing a key role. In that case, Justice John Paul ...

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 ...

The US Supreme Court will hear Hamm v. Smith on Wednesday, December 10, a death penalty case testing how courts should treat multiple IQ scores when deciding whether a death-row prisoner is ...

The U.S. Supreme Court is set to hear arguments in a case that advocates say could have major implications for how intellectual disability is defined. The high court will consider Hamm v. Smith on ...