University of Delaware

Studying sedentary behavior

When we want to go to the store, most of us lace up our sneakers, grab our car keys and head out the door. But for people with intellectual disabilities living in residential group homes and supported ...
Medical Xpress

Teens with disabilities are 5 times more likely to suffer from mental, emotional and behavioral health disorders

The pandemic has revealed some truths: A lack of mental health providers to sufficiently meet the needs of those in crisis (including providers of color); and the stress that COVID-19 has introduced ...
KAAL TV

Iowa marks one year of statewide behavioral health and disability service systems

Iowa marks one year of statewide behavioral health and disability service systems. The program launched on July 1, 2025, to make it easier for Iowans to access mental ...
Medical Xpress

Study: Kids with behavior issues, disabilities are bullied more, bully others more

(Medical Xpress) -- Students receiving special-education services for behavioral disorders and those with more obvious disabilities are more likely to be bullied than their general-education ...
News Medical

Tracking ADHD symptoms, behavior in people with intellectual disability using a smartphone app

A new study by the UC Davis MIND Institute's David Hessl will test whether a smartphone-based app may help improve the accuracy of data in some clinical trials involving individuals with intellectual ...
Medscape

Parental Behavior Tied to Greater Disability in Persistent Pediatric Headache

Parental attitudes and behavior predict outcomes in children with new daily persistent headache (NDPH), new research shows. Investigators from Boston Children's Hospital in Waltham, Massachusetts, ...
Forbes

Mindset Matters: The Responsibility Of Corporate Behavior In Magnifying The Disability Economy

Through a series of columns starting with the previous Mindset Matters piece, the hope is to open a dialogue around the significance of the emerging Disability Economy and discover some of the ...
JD Supra

Strange Behavior Isn’t Enough: When is a Disability Disclosed to an Employer?

When it comes to an employer’s duty to engage in the interactive process with employees, the employer’s knowledge becomes an ...
Psychology Today

Is Addiction a Disability or Just Unacceptable Behavior?

In Oregon, a police officer was fired in 2011 for driving an unmarked police car under the influence while off-duty. He refused a field sobriety test after driving the vehicle into a ditch. The ...
The Financial

Justice Department Reaches Agreement with Nevada to Ensure Children with Behavioral Health Disabilities Can Live in Their Homes and Communities

The Justice Department announced that it secured a settlement agreement with the State of Nevada to resolve the department’s findings that Nevada violates the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and ...
Chicago Tribune

Teens with disabilities are 5 times more likely to suffer from mental, emotional and behavioral health disorders, UIC researchers say.

The pandemic has revealed some truths: A lack of mental health providers to sufficiently meet the needs of those in crisis (including providers of color); and the stress that COVID-19 has introduced ...