About 500 advocates will gather at the Hawaiʻi State Capitol on March 4 to meet lawmakers and learn the legislative process.

People with developmental disabilities, their families and caregivers clawed back most of last year's proposed $400 million in budget cuts to the agency that provides their care, only to find ...

44-year-old Antonio Boone says the help he received from the Cuyahoga County Board of Developmental Disabilities forensic unit helped to make his journey through the court system easier - and ...

Adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities, such as autism and Down syndrome, experience substantially higher rates of anxiety and depression than the general population of adults, ...

The Hawai‘i State Council on Developmental Disabilities and community partners will celebrate Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month with the annual Day at the Capitol event on March 4. The event ...

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 ...

Service providers say Nebraska's InterRAI assessment changes are creating safety concerns by placing people with developmental disabilities in the wrong groups.

Hundreds of people with developmental disabilities have been told they're dropping at least one tier in a new state ...

Putting more than $3,500 people who depend on these services in nursing homes would hurt families and cost taxpayers. | Opinion ...

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 ...