A five-year-old developmentally disabled Cub Scout was savagely beaten by an older boy while the scoutmaster was outside vaping, his outraged family alleged in a lawsuit. The special needs child ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Has the budget crisis forced the state to slow down payments to services that help the most vulnerable? There was a court hearing Wednesday over payments to programs that help the ...

Parents of children with disabilities are concerned potential cuts in provider rates could lead to less access and longer wait times for services.Optum, the managed care company for United Health Care ...

House Republicans walked out of the Appropriations Committee after it passed Senate Bill 5393, which would close both the Rainier and Yakima Valley schools for developmentally disabled students.

ALBANY — Legislation that would require workers in care facilities that serve developmentally disabled individuals to call 911 when someone is injured or abused is not expected to be voted on again ...

A Washington state senator is standing by a remark he made Wednesday in which he used an offensive term for developmentally disabled people. According to The Washington State Standard, Republican ...

Tonight, we address an often unseen population suffering due to the housing crisis facing New Hampshire. The developmentally disabled often have needs that go beyond having a roof over their head, ...

DEA says federal agents seized nearly 370 pounds of drugs in historic Tri-Cities bust The DEA says it has made the largest drug seizure in the history of the Eastern District of Washington after ...

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LUCAS COUNTY, Ohio (WTVG) - A caregiver convicted of patient endangerment was sentenced to a year in prison Wednesday in connection with the death of a 19-year-old developmentally disabled man.

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 ...