Thankfully long gone are the days when individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities were destined for places like Maryland’s now-shuttered Rosewood Center, once formally titled the ...

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 ...

Individuals with developmental disabilities took their concerns about the InterRAI assessment to the DHHS Beneficiary ...

OUR NEXT HELPER GIVES PEOPLE LIVING WITH DISABILITIES THE HELP THEY NEED TO LIVE INDEPENDENT, FULFILLED LIVES. SINCE I’VE BEEN HERE, I DIDN’T NEVER KNOW I COULD DO ALL THE THINGS I COULD ACCOMPLISH.

Joey, Andy, Sam, Emma and Natasha are the best of friends. They take art and music classes together. A few times a week, they go swimming. They love taking neighborhood walks, preparing and eating ...

A New York State-run facility for people with developmental disabilities has gone nearly three years without working air ...

LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) — While shared living providers in Nebraska are worried about cuts to funding, others are concerned for the safety that comes with it. When people with developmental disabilities ...

The Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities was created in 2025 and merged agencies overseeing developmental disabilities, mental health and substance abuse.

This essay is a Cover Story selection, a weekly feature highlighting the top picks from the editors of America Media. When I visit St. Thérèse of Lisieux Church in Cresskill, N.J., in April, people ...

Alan Feigenbaum discusses how a recent Nassau County decision applied New York’s extended child support statute for developmentally disabled adult children, emphasizing the need for competent evidence ...

Nearly five years ago, a nonprofit-run group home with room for six young adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) made plans to open in Westchester County, N.Y. With group homes ...

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 ...