Accessing early intervention services like speech, occupational, physical or behavioral therapy in the first years of life ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

Thankfully long gone are the days when individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities were destined for places like Maryland’s now-shuttered Rosewood Center, once formally titled the ...

A newly renovated home in Madisonville is offering a new housing option for some of Hamilton County’s most vulnerable young ...

Benedictine has announced an expansion of its program into Wicomico County to provide support for intellectually and ...

As the Maryland General Assembly concluded its 2026 legislative session on April 10, lawmakers approved a state budget that ...

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.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Joann Macksyn, founder of Alive Now Services, Alive Now Church and Alive Now Kidz. CANTON ‒ Alive Now Services — a home personal ...

A Washington state senator is standing by a remark he made Wednesday in which he used an offensive term for developmentally disabled people. According to The Washington State Standard, Republican ...

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 ...