Articles for Intellectual Disability

Bryan Kohberger: New details about Idaho student killings suspect revealed in unsealed court filing
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3 weeks, 4 days ago

Bryan Kohberger: New details about Idaho student killings suspect revealed in unsealed court filing

CNN  

— A recently unsealed defense motion in the capital murder case against Bryan Kohberger offers the most detailed picture of the suspect’s personality to emerge since his arrest in the brutal killings of four University of Idaho students. Attorneys for Kohberger claim in the motion the 30-year-old has autism spectrum disorder – or ASD – and executing him would violate …

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Georgia lawmakers consider easing one of the nation's toughest death penalty laws
3 weeks, 5 days ago

Georgia lawmakers consider easing one of the nation's toughest death penalty laws

Hindustan Times  

ATLANTA — Last year, Georgia executed Willie James Pye, whose IQ was low enough to indicate that he was intellectually disabled, according to his lawyers. Georgia lawmakers consider easing one of the nation's toughest death penalty laws That rattled Glennville Republican state Rep. Bill Werkheiser, who months earlier had introduced legislation to make it easier for someone facing the death …

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Georgia lawmakers consider easing one of the nation’s toughest death penalty laws
3 weeks, 5 days ago

Georgia lawmakers consider easing one of the nation’s toughest death penalty laws

Associated Press  

ATLANTA — Last year, Georgia executed Willie James Pye, whose IQ was low enough to indicate that he was intellectually disabled, according to his lawyers. That rattled Glennville Republican state Rep. Bill Werkheiser, who months earlier had introduced legislation to make it easier for someone facing the death penalty to prove they are intellectually disabled and thus ineligible to receive …

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Moment air traffic controller screams as American Airlines plane collides with Black Hawk helicopter over Washington
2 months ago

Moment air traffic controller screams as American Airlines plane collides with Black Hawk helicopter over Washington

Daily Mail  

An audio recording has captured the moment an air traffic controller screamed as a Black Hawk helicopter and American Airlines passenger jet crashed over DC. An air traffic controller screamed as a Black Hawk helicopter and American Airlines passenger jet collided in mid-air on Wednesday night, killing everyone on board Air traffic control operators were directing the doomed Black Hawk …

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Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) And Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) Annual Digest 2024
2 months, 1 week ago

Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) And Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) Annual Digest 2024

Live Law  

Supreme Court: Jail Superintendents Should Make Special Efforts To Identify Women Prisoners Eligible For Release U/s. However, the wording of section 531 of the BNSS is amenable to a possible interpretation that if an appeal is pending before the coming into force of the BNSS, only then would such appeal be continued under the Cr.P.C.” BNSS Heralds A 'Transformative Era' …

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Kerala High Court Annual Digest 2024: Part III
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Kerala High Court Annual Digest 2024: Part III

Live Law  

Nominal Index Fact United Employees Liberation V The Fertilisers And Chemicals Travancore Limited, 2024 Live Law 551 Chirakkal Sankaran Nair v Ponguzhi Parambath Sreedharan Nair, 2024 Live Law 552 Suneera T v State of Kerala, 2024 LiveLaw 553 Biju P Vidya @Monai v State of Kerala, 2024 LiveLaw 554 Chandra Babu @ Babu v State of Kerala & Another, 2024 …

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Bombay High Court asks if woman with intellectual disability has no right to become mother
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2 months, 3 weeks ago

Bombay High Court asks if woman with intellectual disability has no right to become mother

The Hindu  

The Bombay High Court on Wednesday questioned whether a woman with intellectual disability has no right to become a mother. A division bench of Justices R. V. Ghuge and Rajesh Patil was hearing a petition filed by a 27-year-old woman’s father, seeking permission for medical termination of her 21-week pregnancy on the ground that she was of a mentally unsound …

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Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) And Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) Monthly Digest– October 2024
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) And Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) Monthly Digest– October 2024

Live Law  

Allahabad High Court: IO Can't Be Forced To Get Statement Of A Particular Witness Recorded U/S 183 BNSS: Allahabad High Court Case title - Kajal And Another vs. State Of U.P. Kerala High Court: S. 250 BNSS | Court Has Discretion To Consider Discharge Plea Even After Prescribed Limit Of 60 Days: Kerala High Court Case Title: Sajith v State …

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Australian Disability Enterprises can pay workers a fraction of the minimum wage. What place do they have in today's society?
6 months ago

Australian Disability Enterprises can pay workers a fraction of the minimum wage. What place do they have in today's society?

ABC  

If you were offered a job packing and labelling products for a major company, how much would you expect to be paid? "Supported employees" working at ADEs are legally able to be paid less than the minimum wage if it is decided their disability reduces their output. She said the government had started various initiatives to improve the employment of …

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How special is education anyway?
6 months, 4 weeks ago

How special is education anyway?

The Hindu  

The day begins at 10 a.m. for special educator T. Radha. This highlights a major flaw in the SSA’s inclusive education: the number of disabled students is disproportionate to the number of special educators. A special educator identifies the child, formulates individualised education plans, assists mainstream teachers in the teaching plan, gets Unique Disability Identity and assistive devices, trains parents, …

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Texas man who claimed intellectual disability is executed for 1997 killing of female jogger
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Texas man who claimed intellectual disability is executed for 1997 killing of female jogger

Associated Press  

HUNTSVILLE, Texas — A Texas man who claimed an intellectual disability in a late attempt at a reprieve was executed Wednesday evening for the killing of a woman who was jogging near her Houston home more than 27 years ago. Hours before the scheduled execution time, the U.S. Supreme Court declined a defense request to intervene after lower courts had …

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Texas man whose lawyers say is intellectually disabled facing execution for 1997 killing of jogger
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Texas man whose lawyers say is intellectually disabled facing execution for 1997 killing of jogger

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “This court’s intervention is urgently needed to prevent the …

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Studio A artist Thom Roberts is a finalist in the Archibald and the Sulman prizes at AGNSW
8 months ago

Studio A artist Thom Roberts is a finalist in the Archibald and the Sulman prizes at AGNSW

ABC  

Spend time with artist Thom Roberts, and it won't be long before he gives you a nickname. Iconic Australian artist Ken Done, who Roberts painted for this year's Archibald Prize, was quickly renamed "Big Bamm-Bamm". "His real name is actually Robert but Thom calls himself Thom Roberts," says Mordy. Mordy also says art schools aren't accessible for people with intellectual …

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A true ‘Peranbu’ story
9 months ago

A true ‘Peranbu’ story

New Indian Express  

TIRUCHY : Like any other parent, P Sundaram, close to become a septuagenarian, was always worried about his 37-year-old son, who is intellectually disabled. Though there are welfare departments for persons with disability, Sundaram points out, “Persons with intellectual disabilities are far different from other disabilities and they need more attention and care.” However, Siragugal stands out both as a …

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Researchers find a single, surprising gene behind a disorder that causes intellectual disability
10 months ago

Researchers find a single, surprising gene behind a disorder that causes intellectual disability

Associated Press  

Scientists have found the genetic root of a disorder that causes intellectual disability, which they estimate affects as many as one in 20,000 young people. “We were struck by how common this disorder is” when compared with other rare diseases linked to a single gene, said Ernest Turro of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, senior author of …

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A cooking school is helping young people with disability learn skills that will help them find employment
10 months ago

A cooking school is helping young people with disability learn skills that will help them find employment

ABC  

Running a marathon or completing a triathlon is an impossible feat for most people – but not for 25-year-old Montana Whiteley and her brother Jamieson, 26, who are decorated athletes within Australia and internationally. "The unemployment rate for people with disability has not changed in 30 years, and so that tells us that we have a systemic issue on our …

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Parents of Finlay Browne call for change as recommendations from 'very special' inquest are released
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Parents of Finlay Browne call for change as recommendations from 'very special' inquest are released

ABC  

In short: An inquest has found teenager Finlay Browne died from complications from a bowel obstruction in the context of "issues concerning the adequacy of care and treatment" provided in a Bathurst hospital. An inquest has found teenager Finlay Browne died from complications from a bowel obstruction in the context of "issues concerning the adequacy of care and treatment" provided …

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Acetaminophen use in pregnancy not linked to neurodevelopmental disorders, large study finds
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Acetaminophen use in pregnancy not linked to neurodevelopmental disorders, large study finds

CNN  

CNN — Using acetaminophen, the active ingredient in Tylenol, during pregnancy was not associated with increased risk of autism, ADHD or intellectual disability in children, a new study found. However, a sibling analysis that looked at the exposure and outcome of full sibling pairs — siblings with the same biological parents — found that there was no evidence of increased …

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Oklahoma Executes Michael Dewayne Smith
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Oklahoma Executes Michael Dewayne Smith

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Oklahoma returned to its state-sanctioned killing spree with the execution Thursday of a 41-year-old Black man, Michael Dewayne Smith. Smith’s execution comes after Oklahoma resumed the death penalty in 2021, which had been on pause for nearly six years, and arranged the execution dates for 25 people. “The only thing that it’s going to be is less …

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Activists Petition To Halt Execution Of Georgia Man Convicted Of Murder Nearly 30 Years Ago
1 year ago

Activists Petition To Halt Execution Of Georgia Man Convicted Of Murder Nearly 30 Years Ago

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Capital punishment opponents launched a petition on Tuesday to halt the execution of a Black, disabled Georgia man who was convicted of murder nearly 30 years ago. Georgians For Alternatives to the Death Penalty, an organization working to end capital punishment, launched a petition this week to stop Pye’s execution, citing his intellectual disability. “Had Willie Pye …

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Texas Led U.S. In Executions In 2023 Despite Decline In Death Penalty Use, Report Reveals
1 year, 3 months ago

Texas Led U.S. In Executions In 2023 Despite Decline In Death Penalty Use, Report Reveals

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Despite declining death penalty usage, Texas still led the nation in executions this year, according to a new report that highlights the continuous failures of the state’s capital punishment system. “Receiving a death sentence or being executed amounts to a ‘lethal lottery,’ one that does nothing to deter crime or promote public safety.” - Kristin Houlé Cuellar, …

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There’s an Unprecedented Anti–Death Penalty Opportunity in a Deep-Red State
1 year, 9 months ago

There’s an Unprecedented Anti–Death Penalty Opportunity in a Deep-Red State

Slate  

Like President Joe Biden, Louisiana Gov. Edwards has been afforded this opportunity by 51 of Louisiana’s 57 death row inmates, who, last week, filed requests for clemency with the Board of Pardons and Committee on Paroles. The person seeking clemency must appear at the hearing, “via video conferencing.” Louisiana law states that prior to the hearing, “victims and/or victim’s representatives, …

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The biggest takeaways from the disability royal commission after four years of hearings
1 year, 10 months ago

The biggest takeaways from the disability royal commission after four years of hearings

ABC  

WARNING: This story contains content that readers may find distressing, including references to sexual assault. These are just some of the many disturbing accounts heard by the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability over the last four and a half years. Ninety per cent of women with intellectual disability have experienced sexual abuse, the …

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Appeals Court weighs death row inmate’s disability claims
2 years, 4 months ago

Appeals Court weighs death row inmate’s disability claims

Associated Press  

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Attorneys for Tennessee death row inmate Byron Black told a state appeals court on Tuesday that he should not be executed because he is intellectually disabled. However, the defendant cannot file a new disability claim “if the issue of whether the defendant has an intellectual disability has been previously adjudicated on the merits.” Senior Assistant Attorney General …

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