Flinders University researchers have secured over $3.4 million in funding from the Australian Government’s Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) to tackle critical healthcare barriers faced by […] The post $3.4m MRFF grants to advance healthcare for people with intellectual disability appeared first on News.| News
When Fabricio first walked through the doors of an English institute in Mendoza, Argentina, he was searching for one thing: a way to improve his language skills. He never imagined that the scholarship he received, one that required community service, would ignite a life-changing journey through…| SpecialOlympics.org
Once denied the chance to grow academically and personally, Alvaro found in Special Olympics a door that had long been closed to him.| SpecialOlympics.org
Byron Black, a 69-year-old man with an intellectual disability, was executed by the state of Tennessee despite strong public opposition to the death penalty for people with intellectual disabilities, highlighting the moral bankruptcy of the system.| Davis Vanguard
Tennessee executed Byron Black, a 69-year-old man with an intellectual disability and a live heart implant, despite widespread ethical concerns and objections from medical experts and advocates.| Davis Vanguard
Judge Brian J. Stretch denied a motion to dismiss charges against a man accused of possessing child pornography, citing lingering questions about intent and the mental state of the accused, and scheduled a pretrial conference for September 10, 2025.| Davis Vanguard
Jean E. Lokerson, Ph.D. was an influential educator who devoted her life to the field of learning disabilities. Lokerson began her career in the 1960s, at a critical moment in the disability rights movement in the US. She became deeply involved in multiple organizations lobbying for improved education for children with learning disabilities.| Social Welfare History Project