Difficulties Not Seen as Mild Intellectual Disability | Symptoms and Smart Countermeasures

"Why am I the only one who can't do this?" Are you feeling that kind of loneliness or difficulty in living? It is not due to ...
Psychology Today

Mental Health in People With Intellectual Disabilities

People with intellectual disabilities are at higher risk for various health problems. In general, they tend to be engaged in less physical activity. In Canada and the U.S. alike, people with ...

The struggle of having ASD without intellectual disability: The difficulties of children who are hard for others to understand

My second son has ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder) without intellectual disability.Because he is in the borderline range (the so-called gray zone), he looks no different from any other child at first ...
BIOENGINEER

Mapping the Hidden System That Keeps People With Intellectual Disabilities Out of Cancer Screening

A Dutch team used group model building to map 48 interconnected factors that shape whether people with intellectual ...
ilo.org

Questions and Answers on Intellectual Disabilities

An estimated 10 to 15 million people in Africa have some form of Intellectual disability and the majority live in poverty and isolation. The ILO-Irish Aid Partnership Programme will be gathering ...
BIOENGINEER

Two Sisters, One Preventable Gap: How the US Health System Fails Adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

A new narrative review documents how adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities in the US go years without ...
The Conversation

People with intellectual disability can be parents and caregivers too – but the NDIS doesn’t support them

The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare last month released its report on people with disability. It shows two in three people with disability aged 35 to 44 years have parenting ...