AUSTIN – The Texas Health and Human Services Commission is observing Profound Autism Awareness Day on March 17 by providing information on supportive programs and services available to Texas families.

Advocates for those with profound autism say that a committee tasked with guiding the federal government’s strategy on the developmental disability is largely ignoring the needs of this population. A ...

BOSTON - Douglas Chafe is well loved by his family who desperately wants to give him the best life possible. His mom, Lorriane Morgan Chafe, says Douglas is 24 years old and is severely autistic. He ...

DEAR ABBY: I have a 54-year-old profoundly disabled, nonverbal child who is in a group home. I have been advocating for her since birth, when we learned she had suffered severe brain damage. The ...

MACON, Ga. — Linda Hayes calls her son Daryl Jr. "the light" of her life. Daryl Jr. was diagnosed with profound intellectual disability and Lennox-Gastaut syndrome, a condition that causes ...

SAN JOSE, Calif. — When Christopher McGeever was 22, he aged out of the educational services available to him and needed to enroll in another program for adults with disabilities. There are several ...

People with intellectual disabilities, such as those with Down syndrome or fetal alcohol spectrum disorder, have historically had shorter life expectancies than the general population, but data from a ...