A registered nurse, Dina Lester left her job working for the state in part over concerns about its poor level of care (Anna Spoerre/Missouri Independent). This story was commissioned by the River City ...

A nursing home for developmentally disabled seniors (a group home for developmentally disabled elderly) is my final wish in ...

A national survey of disability services providers found that many of those providers are experiencing a shortage of direct ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

CANTON ‒ Alive Now Services — a home personal care business for clients with developmental disabilties — is dead. In November, the Ohio Department of Developmental Disabilties revoked Alive Now's ...

From policy to practice: obstacles and opportunities for inclusive employment in California People with IDD want to ...

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 ...

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 ...