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Analysis: Yes, Calling Someone Mentally Disabled Causes Real Harm
In a recent speech, Donald Trump used the language of intelligence, or intellectual impairment, as a weapon against Kamala Harris. And he used similar language about Vice presidential candidate Tim Walz in a TV appearance.
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Man Kills Mentally Challenged Brother In Uttar Pradesh; Arrested: Police
A man was arrested in Bijnor on Friday on charges of killing his intellectually disabled younger brother and burning his body, UP police said.
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Indian-Origin Man On Death Row Couldn't Prove Disability: Singapore Envoy
Singapore's envoy to the UN has said that the High Court had found that Nagaenthran K Dharmalingam had borderline intellectual functioning but did not suffer from mild intellectual disability, according to a news report.
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Is Autism A Disability Or Difference? The Community Is Divided
Which word someone uses to define autism is more than an intellectual exercise. It affects how the public views people on the spectrum and their quality of life, as well as access to job placement programs, housing and health care.
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Study: People Suffering From Cerebral Palsy Are At A Higher Risk Of Depression And Anxiety
Relatively little is known about the mental health of adults with cerebral palsy as it is often considered to affect only children, despite many living with the condition into adulthood.
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Researchers: Did You Know Intellectual Disability Is Linked To Air Pollution?
Averaging across ages, children with intellectual disabilities were 33 per cent more likely to live in areas with high levels of diesel particulate matter and 30 per cent more likely to live in areas with high levels of nitrogen dioxide.
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Quota For Acid Attack Survivors, People With Disability In Government Jobs
People with autism, mental illnesses, intellectual disability and victims of acid attacks will now get quota in central government jobs, an official order said.
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Acid Attack Victims To Get Quota In Central Government Jobs
People with autism, mental illnesses, intellectual disability and victims of acid attacks will now get quota in central government jobs, an official order said.
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A Virginia Man Pleaded Guilty To Rape 40 Years Ago. Now He Says He Is Innocent
Roy Watford was 18 and borderline intellectually disabled, when a Virginia judge asked him to make a decision that would go a long way to determine his future: How would he plead to the charge of raping a 12-year-old girl?
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World Cerebral Palsy Day 2017: What Kind Of Disability Is Cerebral Palsy?
World Cerebral Palsy Day 2017: Not only physical, people impaired with Cerebral Palsy can have visual, hearing, speech, epilepsy and intellectual impairments too. It is the most common physical disability in childhood.
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Intellectual Disabilities Related To These 15 Genes
The results of the study, published in the American Journal of Human Genetics, showed 15 genes in which mutations cluster closely together, 12 of which were associated with developmental disorders. Read the report here.
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Kerala: Differently-Abled School Children To Be Magicians
Intellectually challenged differently- abled children will soon don the garb of magicians in Kerala, thanks to an innovative programme drawn up by the state government.
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Antipsychotic Drug Use Linked To Autism Risk In Youths
The side effects of antipsychotics can be quite problematic and researchers have found that the proportion of adolescents with autism or intellectual disability has increased among youths treated with these medications.
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Smartphones, YouTube Can Help People With Intellectual Disability: Study
Tablets, smartphones and YouTube can go a long way in helping people with intellectual disability (ID) cope up with these challenges, say researchers from Concordia University in Montreal.
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Harsh Conditions Found in Indian Mental Health Facilities for Women
Women and girls with intellectual disabilities or mental illness in India are subject to forced institutionalization in sometimes overcrowded and unsanitary conditions, verbal and physical abuse, and medication without consent, according to a report released by Human Rights Watch on Wednesday.
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Analysis: Yes, Calling Someone Mentally Disabled Causes Real Harm
In a recent speech, Donald Trump used the language of intelligence, or intellectual impairment, as a weapon against Kamala Harris. And he used similar language about Vice presidential candidate Tim Walz in a TV appearance.
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Man Kills Mentally Challenged Brother In Uttar Pradesh; Arrested: Police
A man was arrested in Bijnor on Friday on charges of killing his intellectually disabled younger brother and burning his body, UP police said.
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Indian-Origin Man On Death Row Couldn't Prove Disability: Singapore Envoy
Singapore's envoy to the UN has said that the High Court had found that Nagaenthran K Dharmalingam had borderline intellectual functioning but did not suffer from mild intellectual disability, according to a news report.
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Is Autism A Disability Or Difference? The Community Is Divided
Which word someone uses to define autism is more than an intellectual exercise. It affects how the public views people on the spectrum and their quality of life, as well as access to job placement programs, housing and health care.
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Study: People Suffering From Cerebral Palsy Are At A Higher Risk Of Depression And Anxiety
Relatively little is known about the mental health of adults with cerebral palsy as it is often considered to affect only children, despite many living with the condition into adulthood.
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Researchers: Did You Know Intellectual Disability Is Linked To Air Pollution?
Averaging across ages, children with intellectual disabilities were 33 per cent more likely to live in areas with high levels of diesel particulate matter and 30 per cent more likely to live in areas with high levels of nitrogen dioxide.
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Quota For Acid Attack Survivors, People With Disability In Government Jobs
People with autism, mental illnesses, intellectual disability and victims of acid attacks will now get quota in central government jobs, an official order said.
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Acid Attack Victims To Get Quota In Central Government Jobs
People with autism, mental illnesses, intellectual disability and victims of acid attacks will now get quota in central government jobs, an official order said.
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A Virginia Man Pleaded Guilty To Rape 40 Years Ago. Now He Says He Is Innocent
Roy Watford was 18 and borderline intellectually disabled, when a Virginia judge asked him to make a decision that would go a long way to determine his future: How would he plead to the charge of raping a 12-year-old girl?
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World Cerebral Palsy Day 2017: What Kind Of Disability Is Cerebral Palsy?
World Cerebral Palsy Day 2017: Not only physical, people impaired with Cerebral Palsy can have visual, hearing, speech, epilepsy and intellectual impairments too. It is the most common physical disability in childhood.
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Intellectual Disabilities Related To These 15 Genes
The results of the study, published in the American Journal of Human Genetics, showed 15 genes in which mutations cluster closely together, 12 of which were associated with developmental disorders. Read the report here.
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Kerala: Differently-Abled School Children To Be Magicians
Intellectually challenged differently- abled children will soon don the garb of magicians in Kerala, thanks to an innovative programme drawn up by the state government.
-
Antipsychotic Drug Use Linked To Autism Risk In Youths
The side effects of antipsychotics can be quite problematic and researchers have found that the proportion of adolescents with autism or intellectual disability has increased among youths treated with these medications.
-
Smartphones, YouTube Can Help People With Intellectual Disability: Study
Tablets, smartphones and YouTube can go a long way in helping people with intellectual disability (ID) cope up with these challenges, say researchers from Concordia University in Montreal.
-
Harsh Conditions Found in Indian Mental Health Facilities for Women
Women and girls with intellectual disabilities or mental illness in India are subject to forced institutionalization in sometimes overcrowded and unsanitary conditions, verbal and physical abuse, and medication without consent, according to a report released by Human Rights Watch on Wednesday.
