Both IQ and adaptive behavior, as well as early onset of an intellectual disability by age 18, are required for a court to rule a defendant is ineligible for a death sentence. During testing of Waldon ...

If Pervis Payne is determined to have an intellectual disability, he could be saved from execution. But first he will face a week-long hearing in which experts, his family and others will testify ...

When your child grows up, they may be able to work a job that complements their level of ID, live independently, and support themselves. Support services are available to help adults with ID live ...

Concurrent deficits in adaptive behavior. And manifestation of the condition during ... The defendant bears the burden of ...

Intellectual disabilities affect a child’s ability to learn and function at levels considered typical for their age. Learning disabilities affect a child’s ability to master specific skills, like ...

Joseph Admire plays Connect Four with volunteer Daisy Hayes during a session of Franklin Friends at the Franklin Cultural Arts & Recreation Center. Franklin Friends is a new monthly program for adults ...

A Florida judge ruled that convicted double murderer Marcelle Waldon remains eligible for the death penalty. The ruling found Waldon did not meet the legal criteria for an intellectual disability, ...