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 ...

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 ...

Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month encourages people across the country to pause and acknowledge the leadership, ...

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.

The Missouri Association of County Developmental Disabilities Services is speaking out against a ballot question that could ...

Regulars at Springfield coffee shops may see Thomas Marshall as a neatly dressed 23-year-old with glasses and an occasional ...

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 ...

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.

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 unconstitutional medical ...

Calling it "the right thing to do," Gov. Jim Pillen announced that the developmentally disabled wait list is now over. Families no longer have to wait eight or more years to get services for loved ...