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 ...
NJ may have a strong social safety net. But it has had the lowest percentage of doctors who accept Medicaid, used by many ...
Law enforcement is more likely to overuse force if an individual has a disability and the results can be tragic. New ideas ...
Marcelle Waldon, who killed Edie Yates Henderson and David Henderson in Lakeland in 2020, will remain eligible for the death ...
A Florida judge ruled that convicted double murderer Marcelle Waldon remains eligible for the death penalty. The ruling found Waldon did not meet the legal criteria for an intellectual disability, ...
Mr Ryan Lim (3rd from left) with (from left) his mother Rosalind Lim, father Roland Lim and younger sister Rachael. SINGAPORE – When Mr Ryan Lim, 32, was born, he was so big and healthy his parents ...
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 ...
Marcelle Waldon, convicted of a double murder, is awaiting a judge's decision on whether he is intellectually disabled, which would make him ineligible for the death penalty. A jury previously ...
Individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) account for more than one in five patients who have been in Ontario's mental health beds for over a year, according to a new study ...