Katie Wang, associate professor of public health, led a study at the School of Public Health this month revealing the discrimination faced by people with disabilities like Pam when seeking mental ...

Legislation that would require workers in care facilities that serve developmentally disabled individuals to call 911 when ...

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump criticized Vice President Kamala Harris’s mental capacity Saturday, falsely claiming she was born “mentally impaired” and comparing her actions ...

The average IQ is 100, with the majority of people scoring between 85 and 115. A person is considered intellectually disabled if they have an IQ of less than 70 to 75. To measure a child’s ...

“Mental illness, depression and anxiety for ... “But it seems that people don’t care about disabled people. “This is how I look at it: everybody on this planet is one illness or accident ...

People who are in distress and need support are often met with handcuffs, detention and are sent to hospital emergency ...

U.S. District Judge Adrienne Nelson will begin calculating $500 daily fines for each person left waiting in a local jail more ...

For longer leaves, workers can access short-term disability plans ... A social stigma around mental health challenges causes many people to avoid seeking treatment or requesting a leave of ...

Our reforms will limit the amount of time for which autistic people and those with a learning disability can be detained in hospital – unless they also have a mental health condition for which ...