The test analyzes a small sample of blood or saliva for the CC2D2A gene mutations that cause about 10% of cases involving a type of intellectual disability, similar to and including Joubert's ...

By some measures, 70 percent of children with autism have also been labeled as intellectually disabled.

Intellectual Functioning: Intellectual functioning—also called intelligence—refers to general mental capacity, such as learning, reasoning, problem solving, and so on. One way to measure intellectual ...

But many people with intellectual disability — such as those with Down syndrome, fragile X syndrome and autism spectrum disorder — have scores that may be lower than the floor. Establishing a floor ...

A first-of-its-kind blood test that can help diagnose intellectual disabilities and developmental delays in children is getting the go-ahead from the FDA.

Like many states, conservative-leaning Alabama considers evidence of IQ test scores of 70 or below as part of the standard for determining intellectual disability. Supreme Court rulings in 2014 ...

The Supreme Court tests how states may determine whether a capital defendant is intellectually disabled and thus cannot be executed.

In 2002, in Atkins v. Virginia, the Supreme Court ruled that the Constitution’s prohibition of cruel and unusual punishment bars the execution of individuals who are intellectually disabled. The court ...