The 'baby-boom' of the 1960s and 1970s is largely responsible for the increase in demand for full-time residential services for people with an intellectual disability The National Intellectual ...

A surprisingly high number of kids with autism are later diagnosed with intellectual disability, researchers say, and they suspect the trend is rooted in an effort to retain services into adulthood.

Autistic individuals often rely on Medicaid for insurance, but the transition to adulthood can, and often does, impact their enrollment status. In continuing to examine how autistic individuals use ...