Baltimore County resident Tracie Feron is the mother of 29-year-old Connor Feron, who has autism and other medical conditions that require round-the-clock care. She said residential facilities in the ...

The state’s Quality Basic Education needs to address today’s practices for students with intellectual and developmental ...

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 ...

A registered nurse, Dina Lester left her job working for the state in part over concerns about its poor level of care (Anna Spoerre/Missouri Independent). This story was commissioned by the River City ...

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 ...

I am Larry Tidd, vice chairman of the Cape County Board for Developmental Disabilities. First, I want to point out that the following is my opinion, not necessarily that of the other members of the ...

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.

Washington County voters will decide in May whether to support a levy funding the county Board of Developmental Disabilities.

On Oct. 25 Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine signed House Bill 144 into law on Oct. 25.  Known as Keith’s Law, the bill broadens the scope of Ohio’s Communications Disability Law by expanding the statewide ...

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 ...