Federal health officials are putting millions into a new effort to train future doctors on how to better care for individuals with developmental disabilities. The U.S. Department of Health and Human ...

Medical school graduate Eshani Kishore never received any formal education in how to treat patients with disabilities, considered one of the largest minority groups in the nation. “If we were more ...

Groups representing the nation’s doctors and dentists are committing to better prepare students in their fields to treat those with intellectual and developmental disabilities in a move that could ...

HAWTHORNE - Alanna O'Shea needed a lot of dental work, maybe even root canal. A dentist said the 20-year-old who attends a special education program at Ardsley High School would need to be under ...

Employment and career development supports offered by Developmental Disability Services providers such as Champlain Community Services, and others in Vermont Care Partners’ statewide network, empower ...

New York’s Family Care program, which gives people with disabilities the choice to live with a family instead of in group ...

New Jersey announced a new initiative Monday, backed by a state grant, to help address the inequities often found in sexual and reproductive health care for women with intellectual and developmental ...

The message was simple, the point undeniable. “I’m not asking for anything outrageous,” Kelly Boyd told us. “Just to be seen, listened to and treated like anyone else.” Boyd, a Hamilton woman with ...

Children with disabilities, and their families, may face discrimination in the hospitals and clinics they visit for their health care, according to a new study led by researchers at University of Utah ...