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.

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 ...

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 ...

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

CINCINNATI (WKRC) - People in Ohio who care for their own developmentally disabled family members are celebrating a "win" on Tuesday. Up until March 25, they've had to attempt to replace themselves as ...

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.

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

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

Missouri ballot measures cap property taxes but freeze budgets, risking services for schools, first responders and people ...

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 ...