Families and their children with intellectual and developmental disabilities often face many barriers to getting accessibility to exercise. But, in 2019, University of Wisconsin associate professor of ...

LATHAM, N.Y. — As National Nutrition Month and Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month coincide, Wildwood Programs in Latham, where individuals with developmental disabilities receive support ...

CAMAS — Healthful exercise can require serious effort and focus, like maintaining yoga’s difficult boat pose, which requires balancing on your bottom while holding up your legs and torso rigidly, ...

Adhering to a diet and exercise program to manage health can be a challenge for anyone. But maintaining a healthy weight may present unique challenges for young adults with inherent barriers such as ...

Adhering to a diet and exercise program to manage health can be a challenge for anyone. But maintaining a healthy weight may present unique challenges for young adults with inherent barriers such as ...

CAMAS — On one of the warmest, sunniest days so far this year, the Lacamas Heritage Trail in Camas teemed with joggers, dog walkers and people shaking off winter with a stroll along Lacamas Lake.

There’s a special group of young adults living in our community who are using the holidays to promote their mission of inclusivity. The nonprofit Project Focus has launched the program Focus Forward, ...

For almost three decades, some young people in the D.C. area with developmental and physical disabilities have benefited from an organization providing exercise classes for them. Volunteer Karen ...

According to a media release, they have recruited 16 volunteer participants from the Bedford Group – a major employer of people with intellectual disabilities in Australia, to join the eight-week ...

A pilot study found that young adults with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and intellectual disabilities (ID) were able to lose or maintain their weight with a system of education and support in place.