Psychiatrists are often some of the main providers of care for people with autism and intellectual disability, but new research finds that many of these specialists have little training to meet the ...

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 ...

Mar. 8—ATHENS — On Feb. 7 in Athens, Athens Police Department, Limestone Sheriff's Office, Limestone Correctional Facility and Athens Fire Department participated in a 6-day training on how to ...

MIDLAND, Texas (KOSA) - The training provided on Intellectual and developmental disabilities was deemed a success by one of Senior Life Midland’s program directors. Saul Herrera, Volunteer Program ...

CHICAGO — Applications are now open for ComEd’s Energy Force Ambassador Program, a job training program for adults with developmental disabilities. According to ComEd, those who are chosen to ...

In 1987 President Ronald Reagan dedicated March as National Developmental Disabilities Month to increase awareness for Americans with developmental disabilities and to provide “both encouragement and ...

The Division on Autism and Developmental Disabilities is an organization composed of persons committed to enhancing the quality of life of individuals, especially children and youth, with autism, ...

Sen. John Mannion announced Saturday that his legislation (S6463-A) has been signed into law to help Child Protective Services (CPS) workers and mandatory reporters with identifying cases of abuse of ...

Despite the rise of people diagnosed with autism, explicit training for law enforcement to respond to people with developmental or intellectual disabilities is still rare. Misunderstandings between ...