For 13 years, this Silicon Valley nonprofit has been offering adults with intellectual disabilities opportunities for continued special education.

People with learning disabilities and autism in England are dying almost 20 years younger than the rest of the population, a ...

Learning disabilities don't go away as people grow older. They present a new set of challenges for living in an adult world. We discuss how adults live with learning disabilities.

Elderly adults who regularly exercise are less likely to suffer a disability -- and if they do, they tend to recover faster, a new clinical trial finds.

The most common causes of avoidable deaths were ‘flu and pneumonia – accounting for 14.9% of such deaths, followed by cancers ...

A pilot study found that young adults with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and intellectual disabilities (ID) were able to lose or maintain their weight with a system of education and support in place.

Adults with disabilities in NI are twice as likely to be unemployed as those without a disability, a report finds.

If you've always felt distracted and misunderstood, and thus have struggled at work and in your relationships, it could be a sign you have a learning disability as an adult. While the issue has ...

High-intensity interval training (HIIT) enhances early offline motor skill consolidation in older adults but may impair immediate motor skill acquisition, challenging previous assumptions about ...

More adults with learning disabilities and autism in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight are "locked up" in mental health hospitals, new figures show – as a charity urged the Government to end the ...