California Sen. Adam Schiff is leading a bipartisan effort to improve emergency services for older adults and disabled people ...

A national survey of disability services providers found that many of those providers are experiencing a shortage of direct ...

The Achieving a Better Life Experience Act of 2014 first authorized the program. Ohio launched its State ABLE program in June ...

Adults with disabilities are nearly twice as likely to misuse prescription drugs as adults without disabilities, according to West Virginia University research. Jeanette Garcia, associate professor at ...

A new study is among the first to estimate the number of adults in the U.S. with intellectual disability, offering policymakers and other stakeholders a snapshot of the need for resources. Just shy of ...

SAN JOSE, Calif. — When Christopher McGeever was 22, he aged out of the educational services available to him and needed to enroll in another program for adults with disabilities. There are several ...

For many people with disabilities, getting married can come with a steep cost: the loss of federal benefits that provide ...

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 ...

Lack of access to power, water and transportation proved to be especially dangerous for Texans with physical and cognitive ...

People with disabilities that include difficulty with cognition or caring for themselves are at greater risk of misusing prescription painkillers, tranquilizers and stimulants, a WVU study shows.