HITCHCOCK, Texas (KTRK) -- When police had to make the family notification after a 45-year-old man with an intellectual disability died in the hospital, the man's mother, who's accused of allowing her ...

The state is baring the history of generations of disabled people and the violence many faced while institutionalized.

HITCHCOCK, Texas (KTRK) -- A 45-year-old man with an intellectual disability may have been neglected to the point where he weighed 70 pounds and had multiple disfigurements, including flesh rot and ...

Earlier this year, NPR reported that people with intellectual disabilities are victims of some of the highest rates of sexual assault. NPR found previously undisclosed government numbers showing that ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — Research shows individuals with intellectual or developmental disabilities are more than twice as likely to fall victim to abuse, according to the Bureau of Justice ...

Nearly half, or 43%, of the 4,246 allegations reported in 2024, were substantiated, the report said.

Following high-profile reports of abuse, neglect, and untimely deaths, a bipartisan group of New Hampshire state senators ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Eight employees were indicted last month on accusations of patient abuse and evidence tampering at a state-run facility for adults with intellectual disabilities. One man is accused ...

State officials on Friday announced grant awards totalling $15 million to pay for buildings and other infrastructure improvements supporting people with mental illness, substance abuse disorders or ...