The Scioto County Developmental Disabilities recently received a three-year accreditation from the Ohio Department of ...

A budget agreement working its way through Congress rebuffs Trump administration efforts to make major changes to the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act and eliminate some disability programs ...

Since 1987, March has been designated Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month in the US. This month recognizes individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) and the barriers ...

The Illinois Department of Public Health has confirmed a case of Legionnaires' disease at the Shapiro Developmental Center in ...

Group home operators serving people with autism and other developmental disabilities in New Jersey would face fines for the ...

For the past five years, Special Connections has enabled individuals of all ages with developmental and intellectual ...

NEWS. THE LATEST NUMBERS FROM THE CDC FINDS AUTISM AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES ARE ON THE RISE. A DOCTOR WHO SPECIALIZES IN THIS FIELD SAYS THOSE PATIENTS FACE A SERIOUS GAP IN HEALTH CARE SERVICES ...

Many families are worried about cuts in the budget that will end programs that help everyone from preschoolers to adults with special needs. “It makes me sad,” Anita Kitchen said. Kitchen is a retired ...

During the Civil Rights Movement, disabled activists helped shape new legal protections. Decades later, local self-advocates ...

River Edge Behavioral Health will open a new Adult Peer Support and Community Integration Center in Macon, offering wellness, ...

The Lee County Sheriff’s Office is launching a new partnership aimed at improving how deputies respond to calls involving ...

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 ...