HAUPPAUGE, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) -- The Suffolk County Police Department is now the first in the country to offer a certain comprehensive disability training to new recruits. The Niagara University First ...

Ethan Saylor was a 26-year-old with Down syndrome who loved music, movies and animals. His mother describes him as "quite the flirt," a young man bursting with personality who wanted to be seen as ...

Disability advocates are pushing for a requirement that all medical schools specifically train future doctors to treat people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, but they’re hitting ...

Organizations need to be aware of the ways the novel coronavirus is affecting all employees, particularly those who may be part of a protected class, and people with disabilities are no exception. The ...

UTSA's population of students with disabilities represents a variety of disability groups that fluctuates from semester to semester. A typical long semester will include students who may have a visual ...

Psychiatrists are often some of the main providers of care for people with autism and intellectual disability, but new research finds that many of these specialists have little training to meet the ...

Despite a myriad of programs and trainings across the country, individuals with disabilities who exhibit "suspicious" behavior, and may lack communication and social skills, could result in a police ...

Psychology classes are among the most popular courses on college campuses today, but new research shows that many of them lack important information about the largest single minority group in the U.S.