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 state committee tasked with evaluating New Hampshire’s disability care system has launched a formal review and scheduled a series of public meetings to discuss the system in the wake of reports of ...

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 ...

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 ...

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Washington has announced it will pay $8 million to settle a Pierce County case after a developmentally disabled woman was abused and neglected for years while under her family’s care. The settlement ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A man was arrested after he allegedly kidnapped and sexually assaulted a woman with a developmental disability from her Southeast Portland group home on Monday. Just before ...

FAIRFIELD, Ohio (WKRC) - Local 12 is following the struggle of local families to find safe and affordable care for their loved ones with developmental disabilities. There is new information on the ...

A state audit has found there were at least 3,500 incidents of actual or alleged abuse or neglect during a five-year period at care facilities throughout Louisiana that serve people with developmental ...

A High Desert legislator introduced a bill this week that would legally designate the crime of rape of a developmentally disabled child as a violent felony in California. State Rep. Tom Lackey, ...

Scheer, a man with developmental disabilities and mobility issues who used a wheelchair, was living at the state-run St. Louis Developmental Disabilities Treatment Center in St. Charles in June 2020 ...