RELEASED THE IDENTITY OF THAT PERSON. WELL, IN THE PAST THREE YEARS, MORE THAN 1700 CASES OF PHYSICAL ABUSE AND NEGLECT AND DISABLED ADULTS HAVE BEEN RECORDED BY THE AGING AND DISABILITY COMMISSION ...

According to one report, alcohol and other drug abuse, or AODA, disorders tend to increase as functional limitation becomes more severe among women with disabilities. There is considerable information ...

"My mother wasn't around much, and I always felt in my sisters' way, like I held them back from things they wanted because they had to help care for me. My sisters would slap me and shut me in my room ...

The Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability is moving into its final phase and will report its findings in September. For the last four years the ...

Those living with intellectual and developmental disabilities are seven times more likely to be sexually abused in their lifetimes than people without disabilities, according to U.S. Department of ...

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 ...

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 ...

Aidan Burke came to school earlier this month with scabbed-over scratches on his chest, grayish bruises on his back and a deep, strawberry-red abrasion line circling his neck. The 19-year-old young ...

Badge holders and carers report being harassed, filmed and threatened by strangers who think they are faking disability ...