In a message to the participants in an international symposium on the "Dignity and Rights of the Mentally Handicapped", Pope John Paul II defends right of the mentally handicapped to love and be loved ...

A mentally disabled man who was wrongfully convicted in the slaying of a 94-year-old woman has reached an $11.7 million settlement with a northern Indiana city and former police officers, his ...

Persistent myths around congenital disabilities not only isolate families but also take a deep toll on mental health. A senior psychiatrist explains how misinformation, stigma, and silence worsen ...

What do you really need to know about disability? If you’re not disabled yourself, and don’t have a child, spouse, brother or sister, or parent with disabilities, how knowledgeable and up to date on ...

As one that plans on being a dad at some point in the future, in my planning of all the fun things I want to do with them (bike, ultimate, catch, whatever they fancy) I often come back to the ...

A champion for Bermuda’s intellectually disabled helped found a home for people with mental challenges to live with dignity. Ellen Douglas, who opened Hope Homes in 1982, also volunteered for the ...