Mainstay gives those living with intellectual disabilities independence | KD Sunday Spotlight

The support staff from the nonprofit "Mainstay" helps those living with intellectual disabilities lead an independent ...

People with intellectual disability continue to receive substandard healthcare as programme to train doctors risks closure

Sam Stubbs’s parents were asked about his quality of life while treating him for a lung infection. They realised it was ...
Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Bill to keep intellectually disabled people off death row signed into law

With the stroke of a pen Tuesday afternoon, Gov. Brian Kemp signed into law a measure aimed at ensuring intellectually disabled people aren’t executed in Georgia. House Bill 123, which passed both ...
Disability Scoop

Supreme Court Punts On Deciding How Intellectual Disability Is Defined

Months after the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in a case that advocates said could have major implications for ...

US Supreme Court averts inmate's execution in intellectual disability case

By John Kruzel WASHINGTON, May 21 (Reuters) - A man convicted of a 1997 murder in Alabama will be spared execution after the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday kept in place a judicial finding that the ...
WLKY

Local nonprofit holds fundraiser walk to benefit intellectually disabled adults

A fundraiser, benefiting adult education, kicked off at Cedar Lake Lodge Saturday morning.Cedar Lake is the largest private provider for adults with intellectual disabilities in Kentucky. In past ...

Justices Decline to Rule in Death Penalty Case Over Intellectual Disabilities

An Alabama man challenged his death sentence after a murder conviction because of his varying results in a series of I.Q.

Consequences mount for disabled Iowa family with dwindling help

Despite her own disability, Bonnie Beaman worked to help her challenged daughter have a better life. Then came Medicaid cuts.
The Daily Record (Maryland)

Supreme Court blocks execution of intellectually disabled inmate

Supreme Court dismissed Alabama’s appeal on IQ assessment method Joseph Clifton Smith was convicted of 1997 murder in Mobile County Smith’s IQ scores ranged from 72 to 78 with expert testimony ...