Experts say low conviction rates explain why disability abuse cases, including recent Delaware examples, often end with probation.

Education experts warn of "toxic entitlement" as college students increasingly claim dubious disability diagnoses for ...

Disability Rights New York is investigating a private residential school where students allegedly subjected to physical abuse and inhuman living conditions Disability Rights New York filed a lawsuit ...

For the past five years, Nick Battiola called his Disability Rights Wisconsin victim advocate, Pam Malin, any time he felt on the verge of a breakdown, whenever memories of the caregiver who became ...

The abuse of people with a learning disability and autistic people sadly features in several health and care services across the years. Researchers have consistently reported that people with a ...

FAIRFIELD, Ohio (WKRC) - Local 12 is following the struggle of local families to find safe and affordable care for their loved ones with developmental disabilities. There is new information on the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NEWTON, Kan. (KSNW) — Proposed federal budget cuts could hurt programs that protect the rights of people with disabilities and ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A new study shows that women with a disability are far more likely to experience a physical assault by a spouse or other intimate partner than those without a disability.

Assisted suicide is a dangerous public policy that threatens the most vulnerable in society, including people like myself who live with a disability. I have the rare condition fibroidodysplasia ...

The threat of abuse is a barrier to attending sports events for more disabled fans than ever, according to a report by the Level Playing Field charity. The figure of 8.5% of fans citing disability ...

This article contains language and accounts of abuse directed at people with disabilities, which some will find offensive. Lindsay Knott was walking down the stairs into the concourse at half-time of ...

NEWTON, Kan. (KSNW) — Proposed federal budget cuts could hurt programs that protect the rights of people with disabilities and prevent abuse. Nancy Jensen remembers the years she spent at Kaufman ...