The hearing on $150 million in proposed cuts to the Developmental Disabilities Administration was mostly dry, until ...

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 ...

NEWS. THE LATEST NUMBERS FROM THE CDC FINDS AUTISM AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES ARE ON THE RISE. A DOCTOR WHO SPECIALIZES IN THIS FIELD SAYS THOSE PATIENTS FACE A SERIOUS GAP IN HEALTH CARE SERVICES ...

The Hawai‘i State Council on Developmental Disabilities and community partners will celebrate Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month with the annual Day at the Capitol event on March 4. The event ...

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.

A nonprofit supporting people with developmental disabilities is expanding its presence in Mesa County after taking over ...

I am Larry Tidd, vice chairman of the Cape County Board for Developmental Disabilities. First, I want to point out that the following is my opinion, not necessarily that of the other members of the ...

People with developmental disabilities, their families and caregivers clawed back most of last year's proposed $400 million in budget cuts to the agency that provides their care, only to find ...

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 ...

SAN DIEGO — A federal judge has denied motions to dismiss a lawsuit over the death of a developmentally disabled woman in San Diego County jail custody, allowing her family’s claims of ...

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 ...