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

Sam Stubbs’s parents were asked about his quality of life while treating him for a lung infection. They realised it was because he was born with Down syndrome.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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