A Canton mother is accused of abusing and neglecting her three children to the point of severe malnourishment, according to court proceedings this week. "There was a course of conduct where the ...

Women with disabilities who are exposed to intimate partner violence are doubly affected—both by abuse and by the inadequacy ...

The Greer Center was supposed to be a refuge for people with developmental disabilities. But accounts from inside the ...

Parents with any kind of disability are much more likely to have some type of interaction with the child welfare system than other parents. This means they are more likely than other parents to be ...

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 ...

Disability Rights New York is investigating a private residential school where students allegedly subjected to physical abuse and inhuman living conditions Disability Rights New York filed a lawsuit ...

A Clifton Park man was arrested for allegedly causing harm to a person he was taking care of. According to the Saratoga County Sheriff’s Office, Michael Barry, 67, is accused of acting in a ...

FAIRFIELD, Ohio (WKRC) - Local 12 is following the struggle of local families to find safe and affordable care for their loved ones with developmental disabilities. There is new information on the ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A new study shows that women with a disability are far more likely to experience a physical assault by a spouse or other intimate partner than those without a disability.

Children with intellectual disability are at a greater risk of online abuse, a report has revealed. Dubbed ‘Understanding Online Sexual Exploitation and Abuse of Children with Intellectual ...

Gubernatorial candidates Abigail Spanberger and Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears laid out very different visions for how federal ...

A former Army infantryman who was convicted in two separate cases of severely injuring two of his babies gets more prison ...