The overnight event at USM in Portland features music, games and activities to help raise nearly $120,000 for the nonprofit organization ...

Across the country, nonprofits are stepping up to fill the gap for adults with autism and intellectual disabilities after high school. From community-integrated day programs to life skills housing, ...

One evening this May, about a dozen young adults and their families gathered with faculty of TerpsEXCEED, an inclusive two-year post-secondary education program at the University of Maryland for ...

Social isolation and loneliness have been pervasive public health concerns in America, especially impacting adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). Both mental and physical ...

Louisiana Delta Community College (LDCC) is starting a new program for students with intellectual disabilities.

Once again, every single participant in Project SEARCH's latest cohort has found a job. The program, based at the Queen ...

WASHINGTON -- Most Americans with intellectual or developmental disabilities remain shut out of the workforce, despite changing attitudes and billions spent on government programs to help them. Even ...

A bill advancing in the Iowa House would establish scholarships for people with intellectual disabilities to attend work and education programs after high school. Comprehensive transition and ...

Eating cookies with friends is better for you than eating broccoli alone, and the science backs this up. According to a 2023 report published by the U.S. surgeon general, our nation is facing a crisis ...

Sixteen adults with intellectual disabilities spent a day in early November learning to cook lasagna at Maggiano’s Little Italy in Annapolis Mall, an exercise meant to build independence by practicing ...