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New app hopes to curb abuse of those with intellectual, developmental disabilities

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — Research shows individuals with intellectual or developmental disabilities are more than twice as likely to fall victim to abuse, according to the Bureau of Justice ...
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Missourians with developmental disabilities are dying and 'treated less than human' in state system

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 ...
Yahoo

25 deaths and 81 abuse, neglect, or exploitation cases in disability system in second half of 2025

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Six of the 25 deaths were deemed unanticipated by the state. (Photo by Dana Wormald/New Hampshire Bulletin) Twenty-five people ...
Mother Jones

HHS Plans to Cut Funds Used to Investigate Abuse at Group Homes

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Federal funding for nongovernmental organizations to provide legal and advocacy ...
KRQE

New Mexico works to reduce abuse in disability program

SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) – Months after systemic abuse within the state’s developmental disabilities care program came to light, health officials are continuing to try to improve the ability to report ...
Local 12 WKRC Cincinnati

Local child’s death raises alarms over abuse of kids with disabilities, gaps in reporting

CINCINNATI (WKRC) - A child’s death in Hamilton County is renewing questions about how severe abuse can go unnoticed, particularly when the victim has developmental disabilities and may be unable to ...
ProPublica

We Found Widespread Abuse of Disabled Patients at an Illinois Facility. The DOJ Is Investigating.

This article was produced for ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network in partnership with Capitol News Illinois. Sign up for Dispatches to get stories like this one as soon as they are published. The U.S ...
New Hampshire Public Radio

A series of tragedies exposes patterns of abuse and neglect in NH’s disability system

A video recorded at a Dunbarton care home for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities in February 2019 captured caretakers pinning Lucas Houle to the ground and slapping him repeatedly ...
The Santa Fe New Mexican

State: Stepped-up welfare checks found three-fold spike in neglect, abuse in disability program

José A. Acosta braced lawmakers Tuesday before he delivered a heavy-hearted update on a state-run program for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. “The next slide is a tough topic ...
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Disability in America: Toward a National Agenda for Prevention

The term developmental disabilities was introduced in the late 1960s to describe clinical disorders and diseases that cause disability, begin early in life, and require supportive services. This ...
CNN

Kids’ developmental disability diagnoses became more common during pandemic, but autism rates held steady, CDC report says

Children were more likely to be diagnosed with developmental disabilities during the Covid-19 pandemic than they were in the year before, according to a new report from the US Centers for Disease ...