An affordable housing development designed to expand living options for adults with disabilities moved a step toward ...

Advocates for those with profound autism say that a committee tasked with guiding the federal government’s strategy on the developmental disability is largely ignoring the needs of this population. A ...

FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — It's a headline most parents can't imagine – a caregiver killing their own child or dependent because they can no longer care for them. But it's the reality for an adult care ...

Scott D. Landes ([email protected]), Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York. After years of advocacy by the disability community and allied organizations, on September 26, 2023, the National ...

DEAR ABBY: I have a 54-year-old profoundly disabled, nonverbal child who is in a group home. I have been advocating for her since birth, when we learned she had suffered severe brain damage. The ...

MACON, Ga. — Linda Hayes calls her son Daryl Jr. "the light" of her life. Daryl Jr. was diagnosed with profound intellectual disability and Lennox-Gastaut syndrome, a condition that causes ...

A review had found that 39% of deaths with a known cause had been avoidable. The figure has now been revised to 40%.