April is Autism Acceptance Month — a time to recognize those on the autism spectrum, provide support, improve access to ...

The SB 882 Advisory Council on Improving Interactions between People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities and Law ...

This story was commissioned by the River City Journalism Fund. After Ronald Scheer was found suffocated to death by the straps of his own wheelchair, an autopsy determined his cause of death was ...

LUCAS COUNTY, Ohio (WTVG) - A caregiver convicted of patient endangerment was sentenced to a year in prison Wednesday in connection with the death of a 19-year-old developmentally disabled man.

From 2017 through 2023, roughly 2,680 people with developmental disabilities died under the care of the state of Missouri — on average, one person every day. This story was commissioned by the River ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Has the budget crisis forced the state to slow down payments to services that help the most vulnerable? There was a court hearing Wednesday over payments to programs that help the ...

OUR NEXT HELPER GIVES PEOPLE LIVING WITH DISABILITIES THE HELP THEY NEED TO LIVE INDEPENDENT, FULFILLED LIVES. SINCE I’VE BEEN HERE, I DIDN’T NEVER KNOW I COULD DO ALL THE THINGS I COULD ACCOMPLISH.

New York is investing $25 million into healthcare infrastructure upgrades aimed at improving access and quality of care for ...

If we want to recognize the full personhood of people with disabilities, we must not let the services that they rely on ...

The House, in a near-unanimous vote Friday, approved a Senate bill aimed at cleaning up administrative procedures that have ...

Washington County voters will decide next month whether to approve new funding for the county’s developmental disabilities ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A registered nurse, Dina Lester left her job working for the state in part over concerns about its poor level of care (Anna ...