When we want to go to the store, most of us lace up our sneakers, grab our car keys and head out the door. But for people with intellectual disabilities living in residential group homes and supported ...

The judge had so much to weigh, it seemed. Declarations from the psychiatrist and therapist saying no, not yet: Ryan Morris is still vulnerable, adjusting to a new home with his biological family for ...

Whether disparities in disability identification in U.S. elementary schools are currently occurring is an important question to answer. Most of the available work has been unable to compare students ...

Although the home environment is known to influence behavior problems in children with developmental disabilities (DD), the precise contributions of specific domains remained unquantified, hindering ...

Behavior Support Staff at the Columbiana County Board of Developmental Disabilities recently announced how Ohio’s new statewide disability registry, known as Keith’s Law, will work in conjunction with ...

Butrymowicz-special ed-01: Students with disabilities are more likely than their peers to be suspended for subjective infractions such as disorderly conduct and insubordination. Credit: Oliver ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Maine unnecessarily segregates children with behavioral health disabilities in hospitals, residential facilities and a state-run ...

The U.S. Department of Justice has found that Oklahoma and Oklahoma City discriminate against people with mental health disabilities, citing unnecessary institutionalization and the improper use of ...