Jurist

Hamm v. Smith: Supreme Court Revisits the Line Between Intellectual Disability and Execution

The US Supreme Court on Tuesday, December 10, heard oral argument in Hamm vs. Smith, a capital case that could reshape how courts evaluate intellectual disability under Atkins v. Virginia and its ...
Fort Worth Star-Telegram on MSN

Supreme Court considers how IQ affects disability rulings

Disability rights advocates have warned that a Supreme Court case involving death row inmates could have serious consequences ...

The pending Supreme Court decision that worries disability rights groups

Is an intellectual disability a condition, or a number on an IQ test? Here's why an Alabama death penalty case at the Supreme ...
University of Wyoming

Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

What are intellectual and developmental disabilities? Intellectual disability is a disability characterized by significant limitations in both intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior, which ...
Columbus Ledger-Enquirer on MSN

Supreme Court could reshape how disability is defined

Disability rights advocates warn that a pending Supreme Court of the United States case could reshape how intellectual ...
Davis Vanguard

Court Affirms Reginald Jackson’s Intellectual Disability, Spares Death Penalty

Reginald Jackson has been ruled intellectually disabled and therefore ineligible for the death penalty, upholding a ...
KVRR

Charlie’s Place, a coffee shop staffed by people with intellectual disabilities, closing

FARGO (KVRR-KFGO) — Charlie’s Place, a south Fargo coffee shop staffed by people with intellectual disabilities, announced it ...
The Conversation

What about the mental health of kids with intellectual disability?

Richard Hastings receives funding from Cerebra and several government health research funders in the UK. He is affiliated with the charities Mencap, Sibs, Cerebra, and Ambitious about Autism. Bruce ...
Forbes

Supporting Older Adults With Intellectual Disabilities: A Growing Imperative For Leaders

People with intellectual disabilities, such as those with Down syndrome or fetal alcohol spectrum disorder, have historically had shorter life expectancies than the general population, but data from a ...