OPINION: The UN has twice called on Australia to dismantle its indefinite detention system for people with cognitive impairments and mental illness, which disproportionately affects Indigenous people.

Youth crime in Victoria is at its highest level in more than a decade. In the midst of that spike, researchers say young people with cognitive disabilities are going unsupported and overlooked in the ...

Researchers have updated and validated a series of tests in the NIH Toolbox Cognitive Battery. These tests, delivered on an iPad, can now be used to accurately assess cognitive processing in people ...

A new study shows a sharp rise in rates of cognitive disability within the U.S. over the past decade. Adults under the age of 40 experienced the greatest increase in risk, with 2023 rates of nearly 1 ...

Rates of self-reported cognitive disability among U.S. adults are on the increase, driven largely by a surprising jump among young adults ages 18 to 39, according to a new Yale study. In their ...

Cognitive disability emerged as the most prevalent disability in the United States in 2022, affecting 13.9% of adults. This is according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s annual ...

A retrospective analysis of data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Disability and Health Data System revealed that the prevalence of self-reported cognitive disability rose from ...

People with disabilities could play an enormous role in deciding the outcome of the presidential election and the balance of power in Congress. You might have heard the phrase "social determinants of ...