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Kerala HC affirms Down syndrome as intellectual disability, clarifies legal position on guardianship

It noted that 2018 Government of India Guidelines for disability assessment under Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, ...

People with intellectual disability continue to receive substandard healthcare as programme to train doctors risks closure

Sam Stubbs’s parents were asked about his quality of life while treating him for a lung infection. They realised it was ...

DMV Doers | DMV doctor making a difference in the lives of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities

IEC partners with people with lived experience of IDD and healthcare leaders to change the way healthcare is taught, ...
Medical Xpress

Researchers identify a genetic cause of intellectual disability affecting tens of thousands

Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and others have identified a neurodevelopmental disorder, caused by mutations in a single gene, that affects tens of thousands of people ...
Science Daily

Joubert Syndrome: Intellectual disability and defects in the hippocampus

An important link has been found between the intellectual disability experienced by children with the rare disease Joubert Syndrome (JS) and defects in the hippocampus. The hippocampus is the part of ...

Down syndrome patients entitled to protections under National Trust Act, rules Kerala high court

Kochi: Kerala high court, in a significant judgment, held that Down syndrome falls within the ambit of the National Trust for ...
Psychology Today

Intellectual Disability (Intellectual Developmental Disorder)

Intellectual disability is a disorder marked by below-average intellectual function and a lack of skills necessary for independent daily living. The condition begins in the developmental period. The ...
NPR

People With Intellectual Disabilities Are Often Overlooked In Pandemic Response

Peter Prater's family wasn't thinking about COVID-19 when the call came that he had been taken to the hospital with a fever. It was April, and the Tallahassee Developmental Center, where Prater lives, ...
EurekAlert!

Joubert Syndrome: the link between intellectual disability and defects in the hippocampus

An important link has been found between the intellectual disability seen in children with Joubert Syndrome and defects in a specific part of the brain. An important link has been found between the ...