WASHINGTON Most Americans with intellectual or developmental disabilities remain shut out of the workforce, despite changing attitudes and billions spent on government programs to help them. Even when ...

Donald Trump at an Erie, Pa., rally on Sept. 29, 2024, at which he said Democratic rival Kamala Harris was 'mentally impaired.' Dustin Franz/AFP/Getty Images In a recent speech, Donald Trump used the ...

HOUSTON (AP) — A Texas man described as intellectually disabled by his lawyers faced execution on Wednesday for strangling and trying to rape a woman who went jogging near her Houston home more than ...

This undated photo shows the death chamber at the Georgia Diagnostic Prison in Jackson, Ga. Photo by Georgia Department of Corrections/Getty Images Nearly four decades ago, public outrage over the ...

The Supreme Court will hear an appeal from Alabama’s Attorney General’s Office in its push to execute an intellectually disabled man, according to an order released early on Friday. Joseph Clifton ...

The Georgia Senate passed a bill on Monday easing the state's strict burden of proof required for a death row inmate to be deemed intellectually disabled, which would make them ineligible for a death ...

The Georgia House unanimously passed a bill on Tuesday lessening the threshold for a person facing the death penalty to be considered intellectually disabled, which would make them ineligible for a ...

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — (MAY 14 UPDATE) The Syracuse Police Department announced Wednesday morning that Jackob Barlow has been found safe. Police said Barlow is in good health and has been returned to his ...

When Viraj Dhanda begins his freshman year at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, he’ll be the university’s first-ever non-speaking student with autism. Diagnosed with autism at age 2, Viraj ...

Death row inmate Arthur Lee Burton, who was condemned for the July 1997 killing of Nancy Adleman. (Texas Department of Criminal Justice via AP) HOUSTON (AP) — A Texas man described as intellectually ...