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

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 ...

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

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 ...

WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court on Wednesday struggled over how courts should decide borderline cases of whether convicted murderers are intellectually disabled and should be shielded from execution.

The Georgia Senate passed a bill on Monday easing the state's strict burden of proof required for a death row inmate to be deemed intellectually disabled, which would make them ineligible for a death ...

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 ...

Supreme Court blocks state from executing inmate with borderline intellectual disability - The Supreme Court outlawed the ...

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 ...

Layoffs are hitting far beyond the tech sector. Bay Area businesses that employ developmentally and intellectually disabled adults have laid off dozens of employees over the last year. J. Lohr is one ...