Autism remains an evolving diagnosis. The developmental disability wasn’t classified a standalone disorder until 1980. Then in the mid-1990s, it was labeled a spectrum disorder. But even now, experts ...

The Los Angeles County Public Defender's Office has an unusual unit at its office: A team dedicated to working with defendants who have cognitive disabilities. The office helps these people access ...

The number of American schoolchildren receiving special education services is on the rise and they’re increasingly being served in mainstream classrooms at least part of the day. More than 6.1 million ...

An increasing number of American schoolchildren are receiving special education services and nearly all of them spend at least some of their day in class with their typically-developing peers. New ...

Borderline intellectual functioning (BIF) isn’t currently a stand-alone diagnosis. Some diagnostic guidelines use it as a descriptive code, while others include it within a broader spectrum of ...

Some Oklahoma families are nervous after recent turmoil in the U.S. Department of Education, especially where students with ...

The Barber National Institute employs 442 people in Erie as direct support professionals, trained staff who spend their day in the community or in homes with the center's adult clients. There are so ...

The ruling found Waldon did not meet the legal criteria for an intellectual disability, which would have made him ineligible. A jury previously recommended the death penalty for the 2020 stabbing ...

The online version of this story has been changed to include updated figures provided by the Barber National Institute, and to correct the spelling of Maureen Barber-Carey's name. The Barber National ...