TAPinto

Creative Change Counseling Launches New Program for Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

Creative Change Counseling launches new IDD services in Hamilton, NJ—empowering individuals with intellectual & developmental ...

The ‘R-Word’ Returns, Dismaying Those Who Fought to Oust It

The term, long considered a slur for those with intellectual disabilities, is seeing a resurgence on social media and across the political right.
CEOWORLD magazineOpinion

Inclusion Beyond Rhetoric: How Leaders Can Create Employment Pathways for People With IDD

For decades, the conversation around diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEIA) in the workplace has advanced in ...
The Daily Telegraph

SA’s Flinders University launches Australian-first diploma for students with intellectual disability

But as a person living with an intellectual disability, Ms Babie faced many barriers to tertiary education. “A lot of universities aren’t very accessible for someone like me with a support person,” ...
USA Today

The pending Supreme Court decision that worries disability rights groups

WASHINGTON – Disability rights groups fear a death penalty case before the Supreme Court could have implications for the intellectually disabled far beyond the criminal context. The justices are ...
Forbes

What CEOs Are Learning About Disability Inclusion At Work

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Keely founded Making Space, closing the disability employment gap. "One of the most striking takeaways from SYNC25 was how many ...
IEEE

EEG Based Identification of Learning Disabilities using Deep Learning Algorithms

Abstract: A learning disability (LD) encompasses various learning challenges, characterized by difficulties in understanding words and poor reading skills. It affects many school-aged children, ...
Jurist

Hamm v. Smith: Supreme Court Revisits the Line Between Intellectual Disability and Execution

The US Supreme Court on Tuesday, December 10, heard oral arguments in Hamm vs. Smith, a capital case that could reshape how courts evaluate intellectual disability under Atkins v. Virginia and its ...
Jurist

Explainer: US Supreme Court to Review How IQ Scores May Redefine Intellectual Disability on Death Row

The US Supreme Court will hear Hamm v. Smith on Wednesday, December 10, a death penalty case testing how courts should treat multiple IQ scores when deciding whether a death-row prisoner is ...
The New York Times

With Colorful Sculptures, Artist With a Learning Disability Wins the Turner Prize

Nnena Kalu, who uses cardboard and tape to create her work, received the prestigious art award. By Alex Marshall Reporting from Bradford, England Nnena Kalu, an artist who uses videotape, plastic ...
Disability Scoop

Supreme Court To Hear Case On Intellectual Disability

The U.S. Supreme Court is set to hear arguments in a case that advocates say could have major implications for how intellectual disability is defined. The high court will consider Hamm v. Smith on ...
Mother Jones

Alabama Wants to Lower the Bar for Executing Disabled People—if SCOTUS Lets It

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. On Wednesday, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in Hamm v. Smith, a death ...