Unnecessary mentions of a person’s disease, disability, or other health condition may introduce bias. In addition, because there is a broad range of disabilities, diseases, and mental illnesses, if it ...

Intellectual disability is a disorder marked by below-average intellectual function and a lack of skills necessary for independent daily living. The condition begins in the developmental period. The ...

Parents of children with life-impacting learning disabilities, neurological or developmental disorders and/or physical conditions – face myriad challenges associated with raising them. Aside from the ...

Visit NAP.edu/10766 to get more information about this book, to buy it in print, or to download it as a free PDF. Since 1975 the Social Security Administration (SSA) has paid benefits to children with ...

The entire application process can actually be made that much easier with help from a Social Security Disability lawyer, such as those found at the office of Berger and Green.

In the early 2000s, I was in graduate school earning my PhD in the field of microscopy. Optical microscopy images are rampant with red and green fluorescent labels. It embarrasses me to confess that I ...

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 ...

A study has found that maternal smoking history, even before childbirth, may have long-term effects on a child’s ...

People sometimes experience difficulties and challenges and need support and advice on how to cope and move ahead in life. They want to be less stressed and capable of making appropriate choices. Each ...

The chapter begins by reviewing recent estimates of the prevalence of learning disabilities (LDs), followed by trend estimates from the general population. The chapter concludes with a comparison of ...