The statistics are hard to hear, because they’re hard to believe. "Eighty-six percent of men and ninety-six percent of women with disabilities have experienced abuse at some point in their life," said ...

Town of Tonawanda, N.Y. (WBEN) - A brutal attack at People Inc. in the Town of Tonawanda on Apr. 1st is raising questions about how the state investigates cases of abuse involving individuals with ...

May 21—A national organization that receives public money to serve Santa Fe residents with disabilities hired a caregiver who was convicted in recent months of battering a disabled child in Pojoaque.

Julious Johnican was among several staff named in the lawsuit alleging disturbing abuse of a student Samira Asma-Sadeque is a legal reporter at PEOPLE's crime desk. He work also appears in The New ...

After years of complaints about poor care and mismanagement, group homes for New Jerseyans with developmental disabilities could face a bevy of new regulations under legislation introduced in Trenton ...

GENEVA, Ill. (CBS) -- A west suburban residential facility for people with severe developmental disabilities has revealed that three male staffers have been placed on leave after a resident was ...

Phoenix police said a caregiver neglected a 50-year-old man with disabilities who then died on his watch. Nuru Niyonkuru, 36, was booked into jail on one count of vulnerable adult abuse and was being ...

Canada’s immigration detention system discriminates against people with disabilities, including through widespread violations of their right to make crucial decisions about their own lives. Instead of ...

JACKSON, Miss. (WDAM) - Disability Rights Mississippi announced Thursday that it would stop taking new cases, effective immediately, after promised federal funding for 2025 never showed. DRMS is a ...