A registered nurse, Dina Lester left her job working for the state in part over concerns about its poor level of care (Anna Spoerre/Missouri Independent). This story was commissioned by the River City ...

A Texas foster mom has been arrested after a mentally disabled young woman was found locked in a dog kennel in her backyard by a neighbor who heard her pitiful screams.

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Children with psychological or intellectual disabilities and people who are deaf, blind or autistic are up to five times more likely to suffer abuse. VATICAN CITY (RNS) — ...

Disabled parking placards are designed to make life easier for people with disabilities, but misuse across California takes resources from people who need them the most. Spokesman Ronald Ongtoaboc ...

A 71-year-old Strasburg woman, Gerilynn "Lynn" Amaro, is now facing six felony charges of assault of an at-risk person, and two misdemeanor charges of child abuse, in connection with the alleged abuse ...

RELEASED THE IDENTITY OF THAT PERSON. WELL, IN THE PAST THREE YEARS, MORE THAN 1700 CASES OF PHYSICAL ABUSE AND NEGLECT AND DISABLED ADULTS HAVE BEEN RECORDED BY THE AGING AND DISABILITY COMMISSION ...

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Editor's Note: The main video in this story in about Forsyth County considering two programs to curb violence in the community. Two people were arrested after a woman was seen ...

You don’t have to read past the first two sentences of the summary of the latest audit of the S.C. Department of Disabilities and Special Needs to recognize that heads need to roll: “DDSN does not ...

An analysis of more than 10,000 incident reports collected by the state of Arizona in 2019 and 2020 reveal hundreds of claims of sexual and physical abuse of people with intellectual and developmental ...

Ivy League college students are reportedly exploiting sketchy “disability” statuses to partake in lavish perks. “You hear ‘students with disabilities’ and it’s not kids in wheelchairs,” one […] ...

As a young woman with a disability, I have experienced firsthand the barriers and biases that exist in our societies. But one ...